The mayor of Bordeaux has said he is preparing for “all eventualities” as one of the many wildfires ravaging France is now 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the southwestern city. “We are preparing to accommodate large numbers of people in case new evacuations are ordered,” said Thomas Cazenave. Gironde firefighters face an “unprecedented” situation fighting
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from the Gironde region surrounding Bordeaux, as France continues to battle wildfires fueled by unprecedented “pyrocumulonimbus,” or fire clouds. Scientists sometimes describe these clouds as a fire-generated storm because the fire itself provides the energy needed to build the cloud. The enormous amount of heat generated by
Israeli settlers have set fire to two mosques as well as cars and farmland in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say, as tensions in the territory continue to rise. The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tal, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis
CAIRO — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said Saturday they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida, in an escalation over vital shipping lanes in the Middle East as the United States and Iran compete for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Brig.
A fourth firefighter died from burns after he and several colleagues were overwhelmed by a fast-moving wildfire near the Colorado-Utah border last month, authorities said Saturday. Nathan Matthews, 43, died Friday, the federal Department of the Interior said in a statement. He was from Lincoln, Nebraska. “This is another heartbreaking loss for our wildfire family,”
Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes against Houthi targets in the Yemeni port city of Hodeida and a nearby island on Friday, after the Iran-backed group announced a maritime blockade and attacked Saudi ships. Saudi authorities subsequently issued emergency alerts for Jizan province when the Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack on the city of Jizan.