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China: 147 people dead or missing due to natural disasters in July
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Flooding, typhoons, geological disaster and drought were the main natural disasters in China in July. Other kinds of disasters including hailstorms, earthquakes, sand-dust storms and forest fires also occurred, according to the ministry.
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Greece wildfires: Two pilots die as firefighting plane crashes
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two Greek air force pilots died after a plane crashed while battling forest fires on the island of Evia on Tuesday.
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Israel: Public fires banned as fires breakout in nationwide heatwave
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Israeli Fire and Rescue workers together with the police managed to stop a forest fire that spread on Wednesday towards the Hadassah hospital Ein Kerem, in the southwestern most corner of Jerusalem.
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh asks G20 countries to rise above differences
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The Union Minister also pointed out that G20 community has advanced space technologies to predict and monitor various natural hazards, like cyclone, tsunami, landslides, forest fire, space technologies also help a lot in communication
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Forest fire destroys acres of land in Afghanistan's Kunar
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The fire damaged 14 hectares and 80 acres of forest, according to Ehsanullah, a representative of Kunar's disaster management department.
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Risk of wildfire spreading increases where trees, shrubs replace grasses
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Over the last decade, an average of over 61,000 wildfires have burnt 7.2 million acres per year in the United States. When a wildfire begins to expand, the firefighting work is complicated by challenges such as spot fires, which occur when winds lift lofted sparks and start new fires outside
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Kathmandu tops list of polluted cities in world, visibility falls amid for
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
According to IQ Air, an organization measuring the real-time pollution of 101 cities in the world, Kathmandu on Sunday mid-day stood in the first position with the Air Quality Index crossing the mark of 190.
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Indian Air Force deploys MI 17 chopper to control forest fire in Coimbator
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Meanwhile, the IAF chopper lifted the water in a bucket to douse fire in Nande Gounden Padur forest in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore.
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Forest fire at Kailasagiri hills reach near Srikalahasti temple premises i
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A massive forest fire erupted at Kailasagiri hill and it reached near the temple Srikalahasti in Tirupati district of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday night.
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Himachal CM launches awareness campaign to eradicate lantana, prevention o
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Chief Minister said that forest fire posed a threat not only to the forest wealth but also to the entire regime including fauna and flora by disturbing the bio-diversity, ecology and environment of the region. He said that during summers or in dry months when there is no rain, forests become
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Forest fire in Tamil Nadu's Kodaikanal range extinguished
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A fire had broken out in the Kodaikanal forest range on March 15 due to severe heat in which more than 10 hectares of forest area was destroyed.
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Forest fire breaks out near Kodaikanal hills in Tamil Nadu's Dindigul
Updated : 3 years ago IST
A massive fire has erupted in the forest area near Kodaikanal hills of Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, officials said on Wednesday.
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