STORY: :: Italy's Mount Etna erupts,
spewing lava into the sky
:: July 7, 2024
:: Piazzale Funivia Dell'Etna, Italy
Volcanic activity from Etna's 'Voragine' crater has intensified this week, with vigorous explosions following a four-year dormancy.
Mount Etna, Europe's tallest active volcano, is believed to have the longest documented history of eruptions amongst all volcanoes, with records dating back to as early as 425 B.C.
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Thousands of firefighters battling a huge wildfire in northern California received some help from the weather hours after it exploded in size, scorching an area greater than the size of Los Angeles.
SUNDAY UPDATE: The Park fire in Northern California has now burned more than 350,000 acres. The fire was 12% contained by Sunday morning, with 4,000 firefighters and other personnel trying to stop it, Cal Fire said. At least 134 structures have been destroyed and five others damaged. Improved weather conditions helped firefighters make progress since …
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STORY: ::A northern California wildfire is now the country's largest, after doubling in size in 24 hours::July 27, 2024::Lyonsville, CaliforniaThe Park Fire had burned more than 350,000 acres about 90 miles north of the state capital city of Sacramento as of Saturday afternoon, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire.Cooler temperatures and more humid air were expected in the region, potentially helping efforts to slow the spread of the fire, according to authorities, who also said the fire had destroyed at least 134 structures.Evacuation orders and warnings were issued for multiple communities in several counties, including a warning for Paradise, the town that was devastated by the 2018 Camp Fire, the deadliest in the state's history.A man was arrested on Thursday (July 25) on suspicion that he started the Park Fire by pushing a flaming car into a bone-dry gully on Wednesday (July 24) afternoon.The fire has become the largest of dozens of active blazes across the country that have burned more than 2 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, overtaking the Durkee Fire in Oregon in size, which has scorched more than 288,000 acres in the eastern part of the state.
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A heat wave blanketing Iran has forced authorities to cut operating hours at various facilities Saturday and order all government and commercial institutions to shutter the following day as hospitals receive over 200 people for heatstroke treatment. The temperature ranged from 37 degrees Celsius (98.6 degrees Fahrenheit) to 42 C (about 107 F) in the capital, Tehran, according to weather reports. State-run IRNA news agency said banks, offices, and public institutions across the country would close on Sunday to protect people’s health and conserve energy, due to extreme temperatures and that only emergency services and medical agencies would be excluded.
Japan’s largest utility said it will start the first of three units at a new natural gas-fired power plant near Tokyo in an effort to provide more electricity during the […]
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Hot and dry weather fuels wildfires in the Western United States and Canada, with fires damaging homes, causing injuries and forcing evacuations. Here’s the latest.
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