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 Fires in the north

IDF fails to intercept Hezbollah drones, fires break out in northern Israel

 FIRES CAUSED by rockets and drones shot by Hezbollah at Israel from Lebanon have burned nearly 5,000 acres of land in Israel’s North.

Locals become firefighters as Israel’s northern forests burn

Ciconia solves NASA's major challenge

By Udi Ezion
View of a large fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, in the northern Israeli town of Kiryat Shmona, June 3, 2024

Ecological war: The environmental cost of Hezbollah's missiles and UAVs on northern Israel

By ILANA SHTOTLAND
 A section of the new water system in the Carmel region.

Mekorot to increase the amount of water supplied to Israel’s North  

 Fire and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the Lago Penuelas National Reserve, in Valparaiso region, Chile February 2, 2024.

Forest fires kill 131 in Chile's worst disaster since 2010 earthquake

By REUTERS
 Fire and smoke rise as a wildfire burns near the Lago Penuelas National Reserve, in Valparaiso region, Chile February 2, 2024.

Forest fires kill 51 in Chile, menace urban areas

By REUTERS
 People watch the wildfire on the island Ciovo, from Seget Gornji, Croatia, July 27, 2023.

Thousands evacuated on Spain's Tenerife as summer wildfire re-ignites

By REUTERS
 Palestinian firemen extinguish a fire at a landfill in Juhr al-Deek, southeast of Gaza City, September 3, 2023.

Gaza landfill fire rages for days, officials appeal for help

By REUTERS
 Maui County firefighters fight flare-up fires in a canyon in Kula on Maui island, Hawaii, US, August 13, 2023.

Evacuation order lifted for West Maui

By REUTERS
 CHABAD OF Maui holds a Hanukkah gathering in Lahaina, this past year.

Maui wildfire: A Jewish community hopes to rise from the ashes - opinion

By MENDY KRASNJANSKY
 View of a wildfire in Aljezur, Portugal, August 7, 2023.

Rescuers in Greece find 18 burned bodies as wildfires spread

By REUTERS
 A forest ablaze in a wildfire.

Scientists fear death by wildfires that wiped out ancient mammals

 lames are seen near Lahaina as wildfires driven by high winds destroy a large part of the historic town of Lahaina, Hawaii, US, August 9, 2023.

Prayers, terror: Race to escape Hawaiian town as wildfire rages

By REUTERS
 Maui County firefighters fight flare-up fires in a canyon in Kula on Maui island, Hawaii, US, August 13, 2023.

What to know about Maui's wildfires, Hawaii's deadliest disaster

By REUTERS
 Smoke and flames rise in Lahaina, Maui County, Hawaii, U.S., August 8, 2023 in this still image from video obtained from social media.

Israelis escape Hawaii inferno: 'Everything turned to ashes and dust'

By Walla!
 An aerial view of the fire as Two Hawaii Army National Guard CH47 Chinook (not pictured) perform aerial water bucket drops on the island of Maui to support the fight with wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, August 9, 2023.

Death toll from Maui fires hits at least 93, damages at billions of dollars

By REUTERS
 A woman carrying an umbrella to protect her from the sun crosses a street  in Tel Aviv. August 9, 2023.

Heatwave grips Israel: Temperatures soar, experts warn of dire outcomes