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The death toll in the wildfires ravaging Hawaii climbed to 36 late Wednesday evening, Maui County officials said.

Some 19,000 people have been evacuated from the Greek island of Rhodes as wildfires continued burning for a sixth day.

A blaze burning on the Greek island of Rhodes forced authorities to order an evacuation of four locations, including two resorts.

Another humongous plume of smoke from Canadian wildfires hit numerous American cities on the East Coast Monday as the fires continue burning.

Canadian forestry officials predicted on Thursday that the ongoing, out-of-control wildfires burning across the country and polluting large swathes of America will continue through August, breaking records for the amount of territory burned.

Cities across the country are ditching fireworks and opting for a more environmentally friendly patriotic celebration with a drone light show. Both Salt Lake City, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado, will be celebrating the 4th of July with its first drone

Over 100 million Americans in 23 states suffered a dramatic collapse in their air quality this week as a result of Canadian wildfire smoke.

China’s state-run Global Times propaganda outlet shared stories on Thursday of Chinese “netizens” on regime-controlled social media mocking New York City for being engulfed in a wildfire smog plume flying in from Canada, declaring the wildfires a “losing-face” moment for America.

The mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, told reporters on Wednesday that her city had offered the provincial government of Quebec to send firefighters to help control the over 100 wildfires spreading in the region and engulfing the American Northeast and Midwest in smoke – but Quebec refused them.

There will be no respite from the thick, hazardous wildfire smoke that’s disrupting daily life for millions of people across the U.S. East Coast and Midwest anytime soon, a specialist meteorologist forecast Thursday.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is pouring into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest and covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze.

New York is urging residents dealing with low air quality due to wildfire smoke to take steps to reduce pollution in their own lives.

Wildfire smoke stemming from Canada is triggering air quality health advisories to various areas of the country, including New York.

A 54-year-old man was arrested by police for allegedly causing at least 19 forest fires in the province of Cáceres over the last two years.

A northern California church is helping evacuees of the Mosquito wildfire with any necessities they may need as thousands begin to return home.

Fire officials say they are seeing progress in battling the Mosquito Creek wildfire in Northern California, but thousands of homes still remain threatened. 

Oregon’s Portland General Electric (PGE) and Pacific Power are cutting power in several counties amid a high wind and wildfire threat, affecting approximately 40,000 people.

German police have identified four shisha-smoking Iraqi migrants as suspects in a forest fire in Saxony that took place last month and devastated the Saxon Switzerland National Park.

POLK COUNTY, Texas — A firefighter survived the crash of his aircraft into Lake Livingston while scooping up water to dump on a wildfire. An onlooker witnessed the crash and jumped in his boat to rescue the injured pilot.

A 37-year-old volunteer fireman, forestry officer, and former deputy mayor in France has admitted he was behind several fires.

A wildfire near the Yosemite National Park known as the Oak Fire neared 16,000 acres on Sunday and with 0% containment.

The wildfires ravaging vast parts of Europe for the past week have taken an unusual toll on Pearl Jam. Band members were forced to cancel a show in Vienna on Wednesday, after front man Eddie Vedder’s voice was damaged during a performance in France.

PG&E has put in place a controversial plan to limit wildfires by using computerization to shut power down after threats.

Firefighters in Greece on Sunday were battling a wildfire for a second day in two suburbs of the capital of Athens.

Firefighting crews saved an abandoned creature found laying in the ashes of a massive wildfire in New Mexico.

The U.S. Forest Service took responsibility after an internal investigation for two blazes that merged to become New Mexico’s largest wildfire . 

Weather conditions have caused wildfires to spread in Texas, resulting in evacuations of some communities, but so far no one was reported injured on Friday.

“The number of major wildfires worldwide will rise sharply in coming decades due to global warming,” an article in Barron’s predicted Wednesday, based on a February 23 report by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP).

A wildfire known as the Colorado Fire continued to burn in the scenic Big Sur area of California, jumping over Highway 1 and threatening the area near the iconic Bixby Bridge.

Arson has not been ruled out as a possible cause of the Colorado wildfires that have ravaged Boulder County, destroying an estimated 1,000 homes.

Colorado’s wildfires are shaping up to be the most destructive fires in state history in terms of property damage, according to reports.

Wildfires have torn their way through Colorado over the past 48-hours leaving tens of thousands of people homeless, countless properties destroyed and a state of emergency declared late Thursday night.

As the U.N.’s COP26 summit gets underway on Sunday, a lone voice is pushing back on the existential threat of so-called climate change.

After two consecutive winters of drought, Californians are hoping that a new forecast for heavy rain will be fulfilled. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Wednesday that a storm could bring two inches of rain to the state October 20 through 24.

The Alisal fire in Santa Barbara County, California, is threatening the ranch once owned by the late President Ronald Reagan.

White House staff cut the video feed during a briefing with federal and state fire officials while Biden was in the middle of a sentence.