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Millions are being urged to stay indoors as thick wildfire smoke blankets parts of the Northeast and Midwest, sending air quality to dangerous levels.Air quality alerts have been issued across Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan,…

Millions of Americans have been warned to prepare for possible power outages as a sprawling outbreak of extreme fire weather threatens nine states this weekend.The National Weather Service (NWS) offices from Arizona to Alaska have issued…

A wildfire is rapidly growing in an area northwest of Los Angeles, forcing thousands of people living in and around Piru and Castaic to evacuate.What is now being called the Canyon Fire was initially thought to be about 30 acres, but the…

Europe is once again being battered by extreme weather with 'apocalyptic' wildfires raging towards Marseille, tornadoes forming in the Med and even snow falling in Switzerland.Out-of-control fires fuelled by strong winds are closing in…

Some 3,000 people were forced to evacuate their homes overnight as yet another wildfire began tearing through parts of Tenerife, one of the most popular tourist destinations of Spain's Canary Islands.Hundreds of firefighters and soldiers…

The death toll from the Hawaiian wildfires has climbed to 93 as new video emerges of residents being tossed around the ocean after diving in to flee flames. Blazes on the island of Maui have now become the deadliest wildfires in modern…

Hawaii Governor Josh Green announced Saturday evening that the Maui blazes have become the deadliest wildfires in modern US history, as the death toll rose to 89.  The disaster surpassed California's 2018 Camp Fire, which killed 85, and…

Hawaii's governor said on Thursday that the death toll from the Maui wildfires was likely to rise substantially, saying that it could eclipse the 1960 tsunami which killed 61 people.The death toll is currently at 53, and a little…

If you’re caught in a wildlife your first course of action will obviously be to call the authorities. But what if they can’t reach you fast enough?Here we reveal what you can you do to give yourself the best chance of survival, should…

Wildfires are continuing to ravage large swathes of Portugal with over 1,000 firefighters battling to prevent them spreading further into the popular tourist hub of the Algarve.Dramatic images from the neighbouring Alentejo region show…