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Wildfires Are Making The US Smoggy Again, Reversing Progress On Cleaner Air, Study Finds
For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds.
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In Pics: France Fights Biggest Wildfire Of The Year, Burns Through 27,000 Acres
A wildfire in southern France which started on Tuesday injured nine people and burned through 12,000 hectares (27,000 acres) of vegetation after slowing down into Wednesday, according to local officials.
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Why Drones, AI Still Struggle To Find Missing Flood Victims Quickly
Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building and road damage after hurricanes or shifting wildfire lines suggest that AI could be valuable in searching for missing persons.
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France Wildfire Shuts Down Marseille Airport, Halts Trains Across City
A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country's interior minister said.
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6 Months After LA Wildfires, Recreational Vehicles Is One Way Victims Are Coping
Terry Kilgore lives alone in his Altadena neighborhood in California, sleeping in a recreational vehicle and surrounded by empty lots that were once the site of family homes.
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Pilot Killed As South Korea Firefighting Helicopter Crashes In Mountain
At least 19 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple raging blazes causing "unprecedented damage", the acting president said Wednesday.
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Strong Winds, Dry Weather, Haze: South Korea Struggles To Contain Wildfire
Deadly wildfires in South Korea worsened overnight, officials said Tuesday, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of the country's worst-ever fire outbreaks.
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Aerial View Of Los Angeles Fire Damage Shows Aftermath Of California Blazes
The recent wildfires have left Los Angeles -- the second-largest city in the United States and home to the country's rich and famous -- in rubble.
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Separated By Los Angeles Fires, Some Pets Reunite With Owners
NGO Pasadena Humane is home to animals either delivered by their owners, who had lost their homes or rescued during the Los Angeles wildfires.
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"Wealth, Affluence Alone Can't Save People": Amitav Ghosh On Climate Crisis
Author Amitav Ghosh, who is in the forefront of raising awareness about environmental damage and climate change, termed the California wildfires and particularly the Los Angeles inferno as "completely predictable".
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Los Angeles Fire Evacuees Told No Return For At Least A Week
Los Angeles County Director of Public Works Mark Pestrella said landslides could hit unaffected structures, and any substantial rain could be dangerous.
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Satellite Images Reveal the Widespread Destruction of Los Angeles Fires from Space
Satellite images have captured the widespread destruction caused by the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, with over 34,000 acres burned. The Palisades Fire is the largest and most destructive, having devastated Malibu and other areas. Firefighters have successfully protected vital infrastructure like Mount Wilson Observatory and NASA's Jet ...
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16 Dead In Los Angeles Fire, "Not Looking Good," Say Officials: 10 Points
Los Angeles authorities have warned that conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days. Sixteen deaths have been confirmed, and over 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed, in raging wildfires that started last week.
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"Extreme" Wildfires Kill At Least 19 In Chile, State Of Emergency Declared
Wildfires blazing across central and southern Chile have left at least 19 people dead, officials said Saturday, warning the death count was likely to climb as responders comb through burnt-out homes and the flames continue to spread.
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Joe Biden Heads To Hawaii To View Damage, Meet Survivors
President Joe Biden departed for Hawaii on Monday to view the widespread damage from recent Maui wildfires, meet with survivors and fend off criticism that his government was too slow to respond to the disaster.
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Wildfires Are Making The US Smoggy Again, Reversing Progress On Cleaner Air, Study Finds
For more than a decade, the United States dramatically reduced its national smog levels, but since 2015 smoke from increasingly larger wildfires is reversing that clean-up trend and making the air dirtier and deadlier, a new study finds.
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In Pics: France Fights Biggest Wildfire Of The Year, Burns Through 27,000 Acres
A wildfire in southern France which started on Tuesday injured nine people and burned through 12,000 hectares (27,000 acres) of vegetation after slowing down into Wednesday, according to local officials.
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Why Drones, AI Still Struggle To Find Missing Flood Victims Quickly
Recent successes in applying computer vision and machine learning to drone imagery for rapidly determining building and road damage after hurricanes or shifting wildfire lines suggest that AI could be valuable in searching for missing persons.
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France Wildfire Shuts Down Marseille Airport, Halts Trains Across City
A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country's interior minister said.
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6 Months After LA Wildfires, Recreational Vehicles Is One Way Victims Are Coping
Terry Kilgore lives alone in his Altadena neighborhood in California, sleeping in a recreational vehicle and surrounded by empty lots that were once the site of family homes.
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Pilot Killed As South Korea Firefighting Helicopter Crashes In Mountain
At least 19 people have been killed in one of South Korea's worst wildfire outbreaks, with multiple raging blazes causing "unprecedented damage", the acting president said Wednesday.
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Strong Winds, Dry Weather, Haze: South Korea Struggles To Contain Wildfire
Deadly wildfires in South Korea worsened overnight, officials said Tuesday, as dry, windy weather hampers efforts to contain one of the country's worst-ever fire outbreaks.
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Aerial View Of Los Angeles Fire Damage Shows Aftermath Of California Blazes
The recent wildfires have left Los Angeles -- the second-largest city in the United States and home to the country's rich and famous -- in rubble.
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Separated By Los Angeles Fires, Some Pets Reunite With Owners
NGO Pasadena Humane is home to animals either delivered by their owners, who had lost their homes or rescued during the Los Angeles wildfires.
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"Wealth, Affluence Alone Can't Save People": Amitav Ghosh On Climate Crisis
Author Amitav Ghosh, who is in the forefront of raising awareness about environmental damage and climate change, termed the California wildfires and particularly the Los Angeles inferno as "completely predictable".
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Los Angeles Fire Evacuees Told No Return For At Least A Week
Los Angeles County Director of Public Works Mark Pestrella said landslides could hit unaffected structures, and any substantial rain could be dangerous.
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Satellite Images Reveal the Widespread Destruction of Los Angeles Fires from Space
Satellite images have captured the widespread destruction caused by the ongoing wildfires in Southern California, with over 34,000 acres burned. The Palisades Fire is the largest and most destructive, having devastated Malibu and other areas. Firefighters have successfully protected vital infrastructure like Mount Wilson Observatory and NASA's Jet ...
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16 Dead In Los Angeles Fire, "Not Looking Good," Say Officials: 10 Points
Los Angeles authorities have warned that conditions are expected to worsen in the coming days. Sixteen deaths have been confirmed, and over 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed, in raging wildfires that started last week.
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"Extreme" Wildfires Kill At Least 19 In Chile, State Of Emergency Declared
Wildfires blazing across central and southern Chile have left at least 19 people dead, officials said Saturday, warning the death count was likely to climb as responders comb through burnt-out homes and the flames continue to spread.
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Joe Biden Heads To Hawaii To View Damage, Meet Survivors
President Joe Biden departed for Hawaii on Monday to view the widespread damage from recent Maui wildfires, meet with survivors and fend off criticism that his government was too slow to respond to the disaster.
