Major heat wave creates dangerous fire potential in Pacific Northwest and Canada
The Northwest US has mostly been able to dodge major heat this summer, but it has arrived with a vengeance and could help to stoke and start wildfires, including in parts of western Canada where hundreds of wildfires are raging out of control.
2023-08-15 04:18
Hampshire family escapes 'Armageddon' Portugal wildfires
Hampshire mum Miranda Harvie-Watt and her family were evacuated from their house in São Teotónio.
2023-08-10 01:57
UK Scouts in South Korea: 'Strangers are coming up and apologising'
UK Scouts are trying to make the most of the situation after being evacuated from an event in South Korea.
2023-08-09 01:21
Extreme heat is the deadliest natural disaster. FEMA can't treat it like one
Extreme heat is far deadlier than other natural disasters, but it's not one that's eligible for assistance from FEMA.
2023-08-08 19:26
South Korea: 1,000 buses evacuate scouts from disaster-hit Word Jamboree
Scout contingents are leaving the international event in South Korea due to an incoming tropical storm.
2023-08-08 18:47
Portugal battles wildfires amid third heatwave of the year
Temperatures in excess of 40C are expected to hit much of the Iberian peninsula this week.
2023-08-08 13:25
Extreme heat has killed 147 people in 5 counties, coroners report. The real number is likely much higher
The current death toll is a mere snapshot of the fatal toll this searing summer is taking. And experts say that estimate is likely far lower than the actual number of lives lost to the excruciating heat.
2023-08-08 02:25
South Korea Jamboree: 'Our scouts have been phenomenal' says Bedfordshire leader
A unit leader says youngsters have shown resilience at the ill-fated World Scout Jamboree.
2023-08-08 01:46
Extreme weather forces teenagers to leave World Scout Jamboree campsite in South Korea
A massive global gathering of scouts in South Korea has been forced to vacate the campsite a week early because of an approaching typhoon, days after extreme heat sickened hundreds of teens and sparked complaints over how the event was being run.
2023-08-07 16:23
Hundreds of teenagers are falling ill from heat wave at World Scout Jamboree in South Korea
Hundreds of teenage boy and girl scouts have fallen ill at a global event in South Korea as a sweltering heat wave sweeps the country, angering some parents who have called for the 12-day event to be canceled.
2023-08-04 14:45
Arizona's extreme heat is killing honeybees and melting their homes
Some entomologists are growing concerned about the increasing number of dead honeybees -- a species vital to our ecosystem, especially food production.
2023-08-04 01:58
World Scout Jamboree: Scores hit by heat exhaustion in S Korea
43,000 people are participating in the annual event, scheduled to run until 12 August.
2023-08-03 16:25