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Algeria wildfires leave 12 dead and 54 injured in north

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Wildfires across northeastern Algeria have killed at least 12 people and injured 54 during a severe heatwave. Interior Minister Said Sayoud said five people died in Jijel, four in Bejaia and three in Tizi Ouzou....
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Austria heatwave drives record high and €1.4bn damage

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Austria set a new July temperature record on July 31 as extreme heat spread across eastern regions. A weather station in Wieselburg, Lower Austria, measured 40.3 degrees Celsius. That reading surpassed the previous July high...
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Punjab wildfire chars 3,037 hectares in Kotli Sattian

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A major forest fire has destroyed more than 3,000 hectares of natural forest tree cover in Kotli Sattian, an ecologically sensitive region of Punjab, after flames spread across multiple locations during a period of intense...
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Canada’s fire season ignites with 134 active blazes

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More than 17,000 residents have been forced to evacuate their homes in Manitoba as wildfires rage across the western Canadian province, prompting the government to declare a province-wide state of emergency. Authorities say the fires...
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Travel advisory in effect as record heatwave engulfs France, Italy, and Spain

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Europe is in the vice-like grip of unprecedented temperatures, leading authorities to sound the alarm with urgent travel advisories. Visitors are being sternly warned to brace for the extreme heat or, preferably, reassess their travel...