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Whitehorse, northwestern Canada declares climate change emergency

25 September 2019 10 h 57 min — 25 September 2019 14 h 10 min CBC News 0 Comments climate change, emergencies, POLICY, Whitehorse, Yukon

Whitehorse city council voted on Monday to declare a climate change emergency, but shied away from promising a “carbon budget”

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Homes destroyed, highway temporarily closed by wildfire in Northern Canada

23 August 2018 15 h 51 min CBC News 0 Comments Alaska Highway, British Columbia, emergencies, First Nations, forest fires, indigenous, natural disasters, Watson Lake, wildfires, Yukon

Three homes in Lower Post, northern British Columbia (B.C.), have reportedly been destroyed by wildfire, and it’s not clear when

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Large forest fire forces highway closure in Northwestern Canada

3 August 2018 16 h 58 min — 3 August 2018 17 h 01 min CBC News 0 Comments drought, emergencies, forest fires, heat, natural disasters, Poison Lake, Watson Lake, Yukon

The Robert Campbell Highway in eastern Yukon (territory in Northwestern Canada) has been closed because of an advancing forest fire.

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Oil spill cleanup ongoing in Sweden after freighter runs aground

31 July 2018 12 h 12 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments emergencies, Makassar Highway, Navigation, oil spills, Tjorn

More than a hundred people are now working to clean up an oil spill in the Tjust archipelago, in the

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Swedish opposition draws ten-point plan for crisis preparedness after massive wildfires

31 July 2018 9 h 47 min — 31 July 2018 9 h 51 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Alliance Party, defence, disasters, emergencies, forest fires, natural disasters

After the vast forest fires in Sweden, the opposition Alliance has presented a ten-point plan to strengthen the handling of

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Wildfire situation improves after rain in central Sweden

30 July 2018 11 h 36 min Nathalie Rothschild, Radio Sweden 0 Comments Älvdalen, Central Sweden, Dalarna, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, Ljusdal, natural disasters, weather

After nearly two weeks of fires in east-central Sweden, several hundred homes are now safe to return to but efforts

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Swedish firefighters struggle to keep control of wildfires until weekend rain

27 July 2018 9 h 54 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Älvdalen, Central Sweden, Dalarna, drought, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, heat, Ljusdal, natural disasters, nature, rain, weather

The biggest fires here are contained, and help from Finland is on its way. But the next few days will

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Wildfires: Finland’s hesitation in assisting Sweden criticized

26 July 2018 10 h 42 min Yle News 0 Comments Central Sweden, drought, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, heat, natural disasters, nature, weather

The Finnish government said it has decided to offer assistance to neighbouring Sweden as the country battles a historic rash

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Sweden to call for NATO’s help with fighting wildfires

26 July 2018 9 h 53 min — 27 July 2018 15 h 47 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Älvdalen, Central Sweden, Dalarna, drought, emergencies, forst fires, heat, Ljusdal, natural disasters, nature, weather

The enormous forest fires here in Sweden have been surrounded, at great effort, and the emergency services are now able

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As wildfires burn, Sweden to support ravaged communities

24 July 2018 11 h 04 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Central Sweden, drought, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, heat, natural disasters, nature, weather

“Sweden is in a very serious situation” says Social Democrat Justice Minister Morgan Johansson on Tuesday morning, as Sweden’s emergency

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Sweden’s worst-ever wildfires could last for months

23 July 2018 10 h 07 min — 23 July 2018 10 h 15 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Central Sweden, Dalarna, drought, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, Gävleborg, heat, Jämtland, Ljusdal, natural disasters, nature, weather

The large wildfires currently burning will not be put out until the snow comes in October or November, says the

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Forest fires will become more frequent as climate warms, says scientist

20 July 2018 11 h 32 min — 20 July 2018 13 h 58 min Loukas Christodoulou, Radio Sweden 0 Comments climate change, emergencies, forest fires, global warming, heat, natural disasters

The fires raging across Sweden are in line with what scientists expect, as more greenhouse gases are emitted and the

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Firefighters battle forest fires in northern and southwest Finland

20 July 2018 10 h 19 min — 20 July 2018 13 h 57 min Yle News 0 Comments emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, heat, Kittilä, Lapland, natural disasters, nature, Salla, weather

Fire officials have continued to combat forest fires for a third day in Pyhäranta, southwest Finland. Although subsiding winds helped

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Firefighters overwhelmed as wildfires spread across central Sweden

20 July 2018 9 h 46 min — 20 July 2018 11 h 33 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Central Sweden, Dalarna, drought, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, Gävleborg, heat, Jämtland, natural disasters, nature, weather

Sweden’s worst forest fire season in modern times is putting emergency services through their toughest days, and currently all they

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Hundreds flee historic wildfires, Sweden’s PM says better preparedness needed

19 July 2018 11 h 59 min — 20 July 2018 13 h 58 min Radio Sweden 0 Comments Central Sweden, climate change, Dalarna, drought, emergencies, firefighting, forest fires, Gävleborg, heat, Jämtland, natural disasters, nature, preparedness, Stefan Löfven, Västerbotten

Hundreds of people have been forced to abandon their homes as forest fires are now reaching historic sizes. Jämtland County,

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