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forest fires
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abcnews.go.comworld4 days ago
Wildfires Burn Over 17,000 Hectares in France, Spain and Portugal
Hundreds of firefighters battled forest fires across three countries on Sunday as temperatures climbed toward 40 degrees Celsius. The blazes have already consumed more than 17,000 hectares of land.
sbs.com.auworld5 days ago
Firefighters battle wildfires near Costa Brava and in northern Portugal
Hundreds of Spanish firefighters worked to contain an expanding wildfire near Costa Brava on Friday. Portugal requested outside assistance to fight forest fires in its northern region.
Euronewsworld75 days ago
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Hosts Rebounding Wildlife 40 Years After 1986 Nuclear Disaster
Forty years after the Chernobyl nuclear explosion on April 26, 1986, wildlife has rebounded in the exclusion zone spanning Ukraine and Belarus. Przewalski’s horses, introduced in 1998, now roam freely amid persistent radiation, while recent military activity from Russia's 2022 in…