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Victoria Declares State of Disaster as Extreme Bushfires Follow Brutal Heatwave

Emergency powers allow forced evacuations to protect residents.

Patagonia Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations as Crews Battle Blazes in Argentina’s South

Fung-wong Weakens After Taiwan Landfall as Floods Persist, Philippines Counts Heavy Toll

East L.A. Search Tied to Deadly Esparto Blast Finds Explosives Near Schools, Triggers Evacuations

Vegetation Fire Prompts Evacuations at San Jose’s Alum Rock Park

Hong Kong Neutralizes WWII Bomb After Overnight Evacuation of 6,000

Hong Kong Lifts Evacuation After WWII Bomb Neutralized in Quarry Bay

Tropical Storm Tapah Makes Landfall in Guangdong as Hong Kong Reopens

Coyote Fire Reaches 624 Acres in El Dorado County, 5% Contained

Record-Breaking Floods in Beijing Claim 38 Lives

Record Rains Sustain State of Emergency in Pakistan, South Korea and Moscow

North Rim of Grand Canyon Remains Closed as Wildfires Continue

Grand Canyon’s North Rim to Stay Closed Through October After Wildfire

Remnants of Storm Danas Keep China on Flood Alert

Wolf Fire Reaches 40% Containment in Riverside County

Over 200 Wildfires Burn Across Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Forcing 31,000 to Evacuate

Cologne Residents Return Home as Experts Defuse Three WWII Bombs

Roof Fire at University of Tuscia’s Agraria Faculty Prompts Evacuation in Viterbo

Canada’s Wildfire Season Escalates with Fatalities and Large-Scale Evacuations

Osnabrück Successfully Neutralizes WWII Bombs After Mass Evacuation