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12/16/2025 12:42:28 PM
Global economic losses from natural disasters are projected to have dropped by 33 percent to $220 billion in 2025, despite the damage wrought by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday.
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9/4/2025 1:59:32 PM
Human-caused climate change made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled deadly wildfires in Spain and Portugal last month 40 times more likely, researchers said Thursday.
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8/21/2025 7:09:46 PM
Wildfires have so far ravaged more than one million hectares (2.5 million acres) in the European Union in 2025, a record since statistics began in 2006, according to an AFP analysis of official data.
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8/20/2025 7:23:15 PM
High winds on Wednesday hampered efforts to contain wildfires in Spain that have already scorched a record stretch of land despite lower temperatures, authorities said.
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8/19/2025 11:27:47 PM
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8/18/2025 2:38:30 PM
Thousands of firefighters backed by the military and water-bombing aircraft on Monday battled dozens of wildfires across Spain and Portugal, as the death toll increased to six since the outbreaks began.
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8/17/2025 10:26:04 PM
Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez promised on Sunday a "national pact" to deal with the climate emergency, as he visited a western region battling devastating wildfires.
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8/14/2025 11:39:00 AM
One person battling a wildfire in Spain's northwest Leon region has died, authorities said Thursday, raising the toll from the summer's fire season to three.
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8/13/2025 3:51:22 PM
Greece on Wednesday battled to contain more than 20 wildfires including one menacing its third-largest city Patras as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.
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8/12/2025 10:09:54 PM
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8/9/2025 7:02:51 PM
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8/6/2025 1:50:46 PM
Natural disasters caused $135 billion in economic losses globally in the first half of 2025, fuelled by the Los Angeles wildfires, Swiss Re said Wednesday.
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7/27/2025 12:55:50 PM
Greece battled wildfires that have ravaged homes and sparked evacuations for a second day on Sunday, with the help of Czech firefighters and Italian aircraft expected to arrive later.
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7/13/2025 7:05:09 PM
Some of Syria’s worst wildfires in years have been brought under control as of Sunday, according to the Civil Defense and the Ministry of Emergency and Disaster Management, following days of grueling firefighting in the forested countryside of the coastal Latakia province.
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7/6/2025 6:35:20 PM
Syrian authorities said some 100 square kilometres (40 square miles) of forest had "turned to ash" in wildfires as firefighters from neighbouring Jordan arrived Sunday to battle a fourth day of blazes in the province of Latakia.
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7/5/2025 7:17:05 PM
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7/5/2025 3:38:35 PM
Turkey sent two firefighting aircraft Saturday to help battle wildfires in neighbouring Syria as Turkish firefighters battled a blaze on their side of the border, and one person was reported dead in the country's west.
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6/30/2025 8:59:42 PM
Rescuers in Turkey have evacuated more than 50,000 people, mostly from the western province of Izmir, as firefighters battled a string of wildfires, the AFAD disaster agency said Monday.
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6/30/2025 9:55:38 AM
Major heat waves across southern Europe have pushed temperatures above 40 °C (104 °F) in countries including Italy, Spain, and Greece, as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the risk of wildfires.
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2/1/2025 1:12:40 PM
Two devastating wildfires in Los Angeles were declared fully contained by firefighters on Friday after burning for more than three weeks, killing about 30 people and displacing thousands more.
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