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Residents evacuate as Belgium wildfire scorches 1,600 hectares
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Residents began evacuating from two villages in eastern Belgium on Saturday as firefighters, backed by water bombers and helicopters from across Europe, battled...
Villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of villagers were under evacuation orders in eastern Belgium on Saturday as firefighters battled one of the country's worst-ever wildfires, with vast s...
Europe wildfires: Latest developments
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Countries across Europe on Saturday battled wildfires amid blistering temperatures and tinder-dry landscapes, with thousands of people evacuated.
Fast-growing Belgium wildfire burns at least 1,600 hectares
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
A rapidly spreading wildfire at the Fagnes natural park in eastern Belgium, near the border with Germany, has ravaged at least 16 square kilometres (six square ...
Villagers evacuate as Belgium battles record wildfire
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Hundreds of villagers were under evacuation orders in eastern Belgium on Saturday as firefighters battled one of the country's worst-ever wildfires, with vast s...
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Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Belgian village threatened with evacuation as wildfire advances: authorities to AFP
Europe wildfires: Latest developments
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Countries across Europe on Saturday battled wildfires amid blistering temperatures and tinder-dry landscapes, with thousands of people evacuated.
Lala, now a hurricane, dumps heavy rain on Hawaii
Aug 15, 2026 (AFP)
Hurricane Lala on Saturday lashed Hawaii's Big Island with heavy rain and strong winds, as forecasters warned of potentially dangerous flooding across the US Pa...
Bones of medieval kings saved from Spanish wildfire
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters raced to save a mythical 1,000-year-old monastery in northeastern Spain on Friday as a growing wildfire prompted the hasty removal of the bones of ...
In wildfire town, PM says UK must 'face up to climate change'
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Friday that Britain must face up to the changing climate and accelerate its move to clean energy as he visited a town where a w...
Hurricane poised to hit Hawaii as El Nino stirs Pacific
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
A strengthening tropical storm named Lala is set to hit Hawaii's Big Island with hurricane force gales on Saturday, bringing dangerous winds, rainfall and heavy...
CORRECTED: Brussels records hottest day of the year
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union's de facto capital of Brussels on Friday recorded its hottest day of 2026 so far, with the city roasting in 35.9C heat, Belgium's IRM weather...
Croatian wildfires destroy homes and cars, hundreds forced to flee
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Croatian wildfires forced hundreds of people to flee from a small tourist town on the country's Adriatic coast, as firefighters battled Friday to contain the ra...
Croatian wildfires destroy homes and cars, hundreds forced to flee
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Croatian wildfires forced hundreds of people to flee from a small tourist town on the country's Adriatic coast, as firefighters battled Friday to contain the ra...
Pakistan's date workers toil through rising heat
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
In blazing temperatures, Muhammad Idrees ladles boiled dates from a vat simmering over an open flame, work that labourers lament is getting hotter each year in ...
Thousands stranded as heavy rain kills at least four in Japan
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
At least four people died in eastern Japan after "unprecedented" heavy rain that left thousands stranded at Narita airport overnight and snarled up roads and ra...
EU pushes back as US revives trade pressure on bloc
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
The EU pushed back Friday at renewed trade pressure from the United States, as Washington said the bloc was enabling Chinese evasion of US tariffs and stepped u...
Brussels records hottest-ever day
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
The European Union's de facto capital of Brussels on Friday recorded its hottest day on record, with the city roasting in 35.9C heat, Belgium's IRM weather agen...
German farmers warn drought will spell heavy crop losses
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Germany's farmers' association warned Friday that persistent drought and summer heat will spell reduced harvests and even total crop failures in the worst-hit r...
Bones of medieval kings saved from Spanish wildfire
Aug 14, 2026 (AFP)
Firefighters raced to save a 1,000-year-old monastery in northeastern Spain on Friday as a growing wildfire prompted the hasty removal of the bones of the medie...
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