Category Wildfire Alert

Wildfire grows to 16 square miles in Northwestern South Dakota, USA

Photo courtesy of KEVN A wildfire burning in northwestern South Dakota’s Harding County has grown to about 16 square miles.   The Great Plains Fire Information office estimates that the Sheep Draw Fire has burned more than 10,000 acres since…

Apocalyptic wildfire causing catastrophic damage in Chile

Massive wildfires in drought-stricken southern Chile have wiped out hundreds of plant species, and are now threatening animal life and a national park.   “We are witnessing a massive environmental catastrophe” in southern Chile, Accion Ecologica chief Luis Mariano Rendon…

Severe heatwave strikes Australia

A heatwave is due to sweep Australia, experts warn, as emergency crews battle raging bushfires in the west.   Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of New South Wales and Victoria will see temperatures near or above 40C (104F).…