Emergency workers and local residents battled to clear debris and extinguish fires in the Ukrainian city of Uman after Russian cruise missiles…
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The 100th koala bear has been born at an Australian Zoo - sparking hopes for the survival of the iconic Australian species.
April 18, 1906. At 5:13 a.m., an earthquake struck offshore of San Francisco, a city with a population of 400,000 at the time.
Workers are painstakingly restoring the medieval monument four years after it suffered a devastating fire on April 15, 2019.
Dry, windy conditions similar to those in New Jersey sparked fires in other states this week.
The Republican-led House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing on the Biden administration's withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.
NBC reports that the United States government is boosting its efforts to protect vulnerable areas of the country from devastating wildfires.
Information is in the palm of our hands, which means we also have access to a lot of misinformation and it could be threatening important acti…
Home-and-garden
The Christmas tradition of hanging lights outside can be a fire hazard without taking the proper precautions.
It's going to be another very windy day for all of Nebraska and western Iowa Thursday and the high fire danger continues as well. Track winds and temperatures through Saturday in our updated forecast.
With low humidity and strong winds, brushfires could start and spread very easily today and tomorrow. Another cold front is moving in as well. Here's how windy it will get and how much we'll cool.
A dense cloud of smoke from fires in the Paraná Delta wetlands has made the air unbreathable and affected the health of the inhabitants of riv…
Already dealing with flooded streets, residents of rain-battered Jackson, Mississippi, are now contending with little or no water pressure in …
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Col. John Bolduc, superintendent of the state patrol, said the state patrol is investigating the connection between the two fires. He asked anybody with information to contact the state patrol at 402-479-4921.
The McKinney Fire has quickly grown to become the largest fire of the year in California, burning at least 55,000 acres and leaving many struc…
As of Tuesday, the Oak Fire burned over 18,000 acres and destroyed at least 41 structures.
Dozens of blazes in Spain have forced the evacuation of thousands of people. In Sanabria, Francisco Seoane's train was stopped as flames appro…
Fire crews are working to steer a growing wildfire away from Yosemite National Park's legendary giant sequoias, taking protective measures like installing a sprinkler system to dampen the ground around one of the park's most famous trees.
Use of drones in investigations has reduced time on-site from 2.5 hours to 53 minutes, Gov. Pete Ricketts said.
Food-and-cooking
The U.S. Fire Administration says that grill fires cause an average of 10 deaths a year.
At least 16 US cities set or tied records for their highest temperature for the date, with Macon, Georgia, hitting 103 degrees Fahrenheit on Wednesday, the National Weather Service reported.
Many residents were forced to evacuate due to a wildfire fueled by high winds in the suburbs of Athens, Greece, on June 4, as firefighters bat…
On March 23, 400 goats were herded into an area of West Sacramento, California, to munch on the high grass and help lower the wildfire risk in…
Thousands of Iraqi Kurds have gathered to celebrate Nowruz, the Kurdish new year that also marks the first day of spring. People in the northe…
Hastings Mayor Corey Stutte said the downtown suffered “a devastating loss,” but he was thankful no one was hurt.