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Fires blazing across Top End amid heatwave, lightning strikes

Across the Northern Territory, thousands of square kilometres of parched savanna and grazing land have been reduced to ashes as bushfires spread rapidly amid another heatwave and weeks of ongoing electrical storms.

ABC News

How 1970s conservation laws turned this ‘paradise on Earth’ into a tinderbox

Southeast Australia’s bushfire crisis culminated in the devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020 that burnt nearly 25 million hectares of bush.

The Conversation

'Burn boss' arrest inflames Western land use tensions

A ranching family in Oregon is applauding the arrest of the leader of a U.S. Forest Service crew that carried out a prescribed burn in a national forest that spread onto the family’s property

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Official: 2021 Colorado wildfire losses surpass $2 billion

A wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and businesses in suburban Denver last winter caused more than $2 billion in losses, making it by far the costliest in Colorado history

The Independent UK

California tree carnage: A decade of drought and fire killed a third of Sierra Nevada forests

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Admirers of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains are familiar with the swaths of blackened trees flanking its sprawling green forest ranges. A new University of California, Berkeley study quantifies that devastation, finding nearly a third of southern Sierra conifer forests have died in the last decade.

Tribune News Service

Climate crisis: UN finds ‘no credible pathway to 1.5C in place’

Failure to cut carbon emissions means ‘rapid transformation of societies’ is only option to limit impacts, report says

The Guardian - UK

Huge Lanarkshire fire spotted from motorway as flames engulf building in deliberate attack

Police have launched an investigation after the blaze ripped through the derelict building on Saturday night, and say they are treating the incident as wilful and appealed for witnesses.

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Fires in Nebraska, Iowa spur evacuations, destroy homes

Prairie fires pushed by winds topping 60 mph led to evacuations in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa and destroyed homes and injured two firefighters south of Nebraska's capital city

The Independent UK

Two injured during house fire at Cooranbong

A man who was unaccounted for after a house fire at Cooranbong has been located safe and well as fire investigators work to determine the cause of the blaze.

Newcastle Herald

Prolonged poor air quality in Washington hits highest mark in past decade

SEATTLE — Rain and winds in the Seattle area are a welcome relief as they pushed out wildfire smoke that has clouded the air for weeks on end.

Tribune News Service

Seattle has world's worst air quality as wildfire smoke clouds Pacific NorthWest

The top 10 places in the U.S. with the worst air quality today are all in Washington or Oregon as fires rage in the states.

Axios

Wildfire smoke may warm the Earth for longer than we thought

Wildfires are a major source of air pollution. They are also predicted to worsen as climate change progresses.

The Conversation

Mountain lions face greater risk of becoming roadkill in wildfire’s aftermath, study says

LOS ANGELES — Conservationists have long warned that Southern California mountain lions could vanish within decades due to inbreeding and loss of habitat. Now, biologists have identified another threat that could hasten their demise — extreme wildfires.

Los Angeles Times

California wildfires reversed years of climate change progress in 2020 alone, study says

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s record-setting wildfires of 2020 destroyed 4.2 million acres of forest — and erased years of progress the state made on battling climate change.

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The Conversation

Wildfires reshape forests and change the behavior of animals that live there

In the arid American West, wildfires now define summer. Recent years have seen some of the worst wildfires in recorded history. Climate change, the loss of Indigenous burning practices and a century of fire suppression are increasing the risk of larger, hotter and more frequent wildfires.

Axios

Worsening California wildfires are a major carbon emissions problem

Wildfires would rank as the 2nd-biggest source of CO2 emissions statewide in 2020.

Tribune News Service

Proliferating wildfires poison public health across the country

As wildfires continue to burn in parts of the United States, state public health officials and experts are increasingly concerned about residents’ chronic exposure to toxin-filled smoke.

Los Angeles Times

California to mandate insurance discounts for wildfire mitigation efforts

LOS ANGELES — California will become the first state in the nation to require insurance premium discounts for owners of homes and businesses that are made safer from wildfires.

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The Guardian - US

Wildfires in US west fueling extreme weather in other states, study finds

US energy department research links megablazes in the west to hail, deluges and risk of flash floods in central states

Glasgow Live

Glasgow roads in lockdown as fire fighters battle city blaze for 24 hours

Fire crews are still on the scene of the blaze at the building on Kingston Street which was reported yesterday morning. Police have issued an update on road closures.

Axios

Thousands evacuated in Washington state as 66 large fires burn in U.S.

There's an unusually high number of wildfires burning in the Pacific Northwest, Intermountain West and Canada.

Dublin Live

Dublin firefighters tackle furniture blaze on green area as they give stark Halloween warning

At this time of year bonfire materials are being collected

Glasgow Live

Glasgow firefighters tackle huge blaze as thick smoke fills city centre

Several emergency service vehicles raced to the scene after reports of a blaze at 9.00am on Sunday morning. The incident is ongoing and it is unknown if anyone is injured.

Leeds Live

Leeds city centre fire update with fears over 'potential unsafe structure' of building after major blaze

West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service said surrounding buildings had to be evacuated because of the 'dangerous' potential of the structure

Leeds Live

Leeds fire latest as aerial images show huge flames with ten fire crews battling blaze

West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said ten crews are on the scene

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