America's Rural Lands Are Burning, and Apparently So Is the Usual Fire Narrative
Wildfires are torching rural America, and volunteer ranchers are fighting fires with Vietnam-era bulldozers while their own land and cows go up in smoke.
Wildfires are torching rural America, and volunteer ranchers are fighting fires with Vietnam-era bulldozers while their own land and cows go up in smoke.
BBC World
Greece's twin fires do their best impression of a bad rom-com, Europe's nature reserves are auditioning for disaster movies, and Copernicus confirms summer is now a sauna.
The Guardian Europe
Israel is accused of using flares, drones, and even medieval trebuchets to torch Lebanon's forests, turning 'scorched earth' policy into a fiery encore.
BBC World
Three Greek firefighters die tackling wildfires as a fourth heatwave descends on Spain and France, because summer isn't trying to kill us hard enough.
The Guardian
Spain, France, Greece, and Hungary face wildfires, heatwaves, and nuclear plant shutdowns as Europe slowly remembers that maybe we should have done something about climate change.
The Guardian Europe
Canada's wildfire seasons keep breaking records; officials keep suggesting a national agency; repeat ad nauseam.
BBC Business
Wildfires in France and Spain have displaced over 300,000 people, prompting officials to tell tourists to stay away - and your travel insurance might not save you.
BBC World
Europe's summer of heatwaves continues as wildfires in France and Spain force mass evacuations, create their own thunderstorms, and threaten military sites - because of course they do.
BBC World
France and Spain continue to battle wildfires that have forced hundreds of thousands to evacuate, with France's fire creating its own whirlwinds because regular weather wasn't enough.
NASA
Canada's wildfires paint North America in shades of brown carbon, because air quality was apparently too good for too long.
The Guardian
France's Bastille Day parade features 6,500 soldiers, 300 vehicles, and a guest list of European leaders, sending a 'strategic signal' about military awakening - while wildfires rage and EU accession talks hum along.
The Guardian
A British couple, Pete and Fran Gillam, are among 13 killed in Spanish wildfires, with their daughter receiving a final text before they evacuated and lost contact.
The Guardian Europe
Tour de France stage three goes fan-free as wildfires crash the party, proving even cycling can't escape the climate crisis.
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