Authorities said that a total of 160 residents were ordered to evacuate from the Sunflower area in Arizona’s Maricopa County on Sunday as a wildfire burned in the Tonto National Forest.
The largest evacuation effort launched in Greece's history, according to officials, was when a massive wildfire ravaging the Greek island of Rhodes forced hundreds of tourists to leave their hotels on Sunday, CNN reported.
Officials on the Greek island of Rhodes said Saturday they had moved 30,000 people threatened by wildfires to safety, including 2,000 who had to be ferried off beaches.
The Israel Police reported on its continuing efforts to help put out the ongoing wildfires in Greece. Since the morning hours of Friday, two rounds of aerial firefighting have been carried out in the Attica region, north of Athens
State Forest Minister A K Saseendran informed on Friday that his department has conducted a wildlife census on elephants and tigers in the Wayanad landscape, including Wayanad, Aralam, North Wayanad, Kannur, and also the border areas sharing the land with Karnataka state.
A C-130 cargo plane from the Israeli Air Force landed in Greece on Thursday morning as part of the aid mission Israel sent to help put out the ongoing wildfires in the country.
Researchers have applied genetic and isotopic analyses to jaguar scat to investigate the big cats' habitat needs in Belize's Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Preserve. The study demonstrates a novel and noninvasive technique for identifying elusive wildlife's landscape use and conservation needs.