A state of disaster was declared in Texas this week as — including the Smokehouse Creek fire, now the second-largest recorded blaze in state history — engulfed over half a million acres of land and caused thousands of evacuations and power outages across the state’s Panhandle and in . 🔥 What’s happening Multiple wildfires have […]
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Wildfires burn more than 240,000 acres, prompt evacuations
Five major wildfires that began amid Monday’s red flag alert conditions by Tuesday had prompted numerous evacuations and engulfed more than 580,000 acres in the Texas Panhandle, with little chance of slowing soon any time soon. The largest of the fires, Smokehouse Creek in Stinnett, has singlehandedly burned more than 500,000 acres and is the […]
fifth-largest blaze in state prompts mandatory evacuations
Mandatory evacuations were issued in Texas on Tuesday afternoon as wind-swept wildfires continued to burn uncontrollably across the panhandle. With unseasonably warm temperatures and strong gusts helping to fuel the flames through dry grasses, the largest blaze, known as the Smokehouse Creek fire, consumed more than 250,000 acres since it ignited Monday, and remains 0% […]
Rapidly expanding wildfires in the Texas Panhandle prompt evacuations
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) — A rapidly widening Texas wildfire doubled in size Tuesday and prompted evacuation orders in at least one small town as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm highs fueled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties as the largest fire […]
WHO plans more evacuations from Gaza hospital as bodies reportedly decompose
By Aidan Lewis (Reuters) – The World Health Organization aims to evacuate more of the roughly 140 patients stranded in Gaza’s Nasser hospital, where Palestinian officials said bodies of dead patients had begun to decompose amid power cuts and fighting. The WHO and partners have so far carried out three evacuations from the hospital in […]
Iceland volcano erupts in same area where earlier activity required evacuations
A volcano in south-western Iceland has erupted, less than two months after a previous eruption in the area forced the evacuation of the coastal town of Grindavik. The eruption began at about 6am local time, sending lava into the air along a three-kilometre-long (1.9-mile-long) fissure north-east of Mount Sundhnukur, the Icelandic Meteorological Office said. Coast […]
Indonesia’s Mount Marapi erupts again sparking village evacuations but no deaths
Indonesia’s Mount Marapi has erupted again on Sunday, spewing smoke and ash high into the air. No casualties were reported. The Marapi Volcano Observation Post in the province of West Sumatra recorded an eruption with an ash column about 1,300 metres high from its peak, followed by ash rain. Sprays of ash from the eruption […]
Japan issues tsunami warnings, orders evacuations after earthquakes
Japanese authorities issued tsunami alerts and evacuation announcements Monday after a series of earthquakes shook the west part of the main island. A 7.6 magnitude earthquake was reported around 4 p.m., the strongest of more than a dozen documented by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Major tsunami warnings were issued for Ishikawa prefecture, while the rest […]