Canada fires: B.C. under state of emergency, wildfires close main highway

Canada fires: B.C. under state of emergency, wildfires close main highway

[1/4]The McDougall Creek wildfire burns next to houses in the Okanagan community of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, August 19, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren Acquire Licensing Rights KELOWNA, British Columbia, Aug 19 (Reuters) – Thousands of British Columbia (B.C.) residents were on high evacuation alert on Saturday after rapidly intensifying wildfires forced the Canadian province to … Read more

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing

Canada demands Meta lift news ban to allow wildfire info sharing

[1/2]A satellite image shows wildfires burning near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada August 16, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights OTTAWA, Aug 18 (Reuters) – The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta (META.O) lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms to allow people to share information about wildfires in the … Read more

Yellowknife residents flee and Western Canada fires spark new evacuations

Yellowknife residents flee and Western Canada fires spark new evacuations

More than 20 evacuation flights likely out of Yellowknife Friday Fires expected to reach outskirts of Yellowknife on Saturday Fresh fires spark evacuation orders in Kelowna, British Columbia YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories/EDMONTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) – Residents from the remote northern Canadian city of Yellowknife scrambled to get out of town before flames blocked their exit … Read more

Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating

Canada wildfire: all 20,000 Yellowknife residents evacuating

[1/5]Vehicles leave Yellowknife on the only highway in or out of the city after a state of emergency was declared due to the proximity of a wildfire, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada August 16, 2023. REUTERS/Pat Kane Acquire Licensing Rights Aug 17 (Reuters) – Canadian fire crews battled on Thursday to prevent wildfires from reaching … Read more

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands urged to seek safety

Typhoon Lan makes landfall in Japan, thousands urged to seek safety

[1/4]A collapsed road near the Saji River is pictured in Tottori, western Japan, after Typhoon Lan hit the region in this photo taken by Kyodo on August 16, 2023. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS Acquire Licensing Rights TOKYO, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Nearly 900 flights in Japan were cancelled and 240,000 people were ordered to move … Read more

Biden highlights economic transformation at New Mexico wind tower plant

Biden highlights economic transformation at New Mexico wind tower plant

[1/4]U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy at Arcosa, a wind tower manufacturing facility, in Belen, New Mexico, U.S., August 9, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst BELEN, New Mexico, Aug 9 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden took his economic pitch to New Mexico on Wednesday to boast how his signature legislation helped turn a … Read more

Heatwave-hit jamboree in S.Korea in doubt as American scouts leave

Heatwave-hit jamboree in S.Korea in doubt as American scouts leave

[1/4]Participants wait in a long line to get into a souvenir shop at the camping site for the 25th World Scout Jamboree in Buan, South Korea, August 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji BUAN, South Korea, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The World Scout Jamboree in South Korea faced calls to be cancelled on Saturday after large contingents … Read more

South Korea to send more medics to global scout event for heatwave

South Korea to send more medics to global scout event for heatwave

SEOUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) – South Korea is sending dozens of military doctors and nurses to help out at the camp site of a global scout event on Thursday after hundreds of teenage participants fell ill from the heatwave gripping the country. At least 600 participants at the World Scout Jamboree, which kicked off in … Read more

China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains

China intensifies flood rescue efforts south of Beijing after historic rains

[1/3]Residents wade through floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China August 1, 2023. cnsphoto via REUTERS BEIJING, Aug 2 (Reuters) – China on Wednesday dispatched thousands of rescue workers to Zhuozhou, a flooded city of over 600,000 residents southwest of Beijing, as the remnants of Typhoon Doksuri continued to wreak havoc on swathes … Read more

La Nouvelle-Écosse se débat avec les conséquences des inondations dévastatrices

La Nouvelle-Écosse se débat avec les conséquences des inondations dévastatrices

23 juillet (Reuters) – La province de la Nouvelle-Écosse, sur la côte est du Canada, a commencé à nettoyer dimanche après que des pluies torrentielles ont provoqué des inondations dévastatrices, alors que la recherche se poursuivait pour quatre personnes, dont deux enfants, portées disparues pendant le déluge. La tempête, qui a commencé vendredi, a déversé … Read more