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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

bushfires

View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, outside of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 4, 2025, 9:03 pm
Fire authority needs ‘double the budget’ to cope during era of mega-fires — official
Head of National Fire and Rescue Authority’s Fire Research Branch: ‘What would happen in case of simultaneous fire events countrywide?’
By Sue Surkes
View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
April 30, 2025, 7:15 pm
Many Independence Day events nixed, public told to avoid cemeteries amid raging wildfires
Official torch-lighting ceremony called off, rehearsal footage being aired instead; flames encroach on decommissioned tanks at Latrun after Memorial Day ceremony hastily evacuated
By ToI Staff
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out near Mesilat Zion, April 30, 2025. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
April 30, 2025, 2:12 pm
Communities evacuated as massive brushfires rage near Jerusalem, Route 1 closed
Neve Shalom, Beko’a, Ta’oz, Nachshon and Latrun cleared of people as roads blocked; dozens of firefighting units, planes battle flames
By ToI Staff
Smoke and fire caused by rockets and drones fired from Lebanon, in the northern town of Katzrin, July 4, 2024 (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
August 29, 2024, 11:44 am
146 square kilometers of vegetation scorched in north since October 7 — study
Environment ministry says 145,000 tons of dry vegetation went up in flames between October 7 and July 30, much of it caused by rocket fire from Lebanon and Gaza
By Sue Surkes
An Israeli flag flutters next to a fire burning in an area near the border with Lebanon, in Safed, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
July 4, 2024, 5:11 pm
Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict on the Israel-Lebanon border
Hezbollah attacks have torched 21,500 acres in northern Israel, and IDF strikes have burned 10,000 acres in Lebanon; security concerns often hamper crucial firefighting efforts
By AP and ToI Staff
Native pines are restricted to the crests of hills in the Mount Carmel National Park, to help prevent fires, April 30, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
May 7, 2023, 9:14 am
Foresters hope year-round preparations will prevent wildfires this summer
Ahead of the annual fire season, teams have been busy in the Mount Carmel National Park in the north, the site of one of Israel’s worst blazes in 2010
By Sue Surkes
File: Sukarman walks on a flooded pathway outside his house in Timbulsloko, Central Java, Indonesia, July 30, 2022. (AP/Dita Alangkara)
March 1, 2023, 1:43 pm
World not adequately prepared for increasing disasters, UN report says
‘Highly unlikely’ global community will meet 2030 goal to reduce casualties, damage, says International Science Council; floods and storms, exacerbated by climate change, top list
By AFP
Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
August 7, 2021, 7:54 am
As deadly weather disasters sweep globe, is a 1.5°C warming target impossible?
Questions over whether Paris Agreement’s aspirational target can be met, as UN’s first comprehensive scientific assessment of climate change since 2014 to be released Monday
By Marlowe HOOD
A firefighter in Australia hoses down trees to protect nearby homes from bush fires near the town of Nowra in the state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019 as the fires led to the evacuation of popular tourist areas in the state. (Saeed Kahn/AFP)
March 19, 2021, 9:44 am
Israeli study: Australia fires spewed as much smoke into stratosphere as volcano
‘I never saw such a strong event spread so fast,’ says researcher; says smoke can reflect solar radiation, cooling the ocean, as well as absorbing it to cause localized warming
By AFP
A firefighter in Australia hoses down trees to protect nearby homes from bush fires near the town of Nowra in the state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019 as the fires led to the evacuation of popular tourist areas in the state. (Saeed Kahn/AFP)
February 13, 2020, 11:43 am
Heavy rains contain last of Australia’s wildfires
At least 33 people are dead and 3,000 homes destroyed in the wake of devastating blazes that raged in recent months
By AP and ToI Staff
Calves on a live shipment from Australia to Eilat for fattening, prior to slaughter, December 2019. (Israel Against Live Shipments)
January 16, 2020, 11:05 pm
Calves survive Australian bushfires just to be shipped to Israel for slaughter
New video footage of cows who made it through the flames and were sent to Eilat draws fresh criticism of intense suffering endured during live shipping
By Sue Surkes and Omer Sharvit
Firefighters drag their water hose after putting out a spot fire near Moruya, Australia, Jan. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
January 4, 2020, 11:32 am
Australian PM calls up 3,000 reservists as fire threats escalate
Morrison says 23 deaths confirmed so far this summer; danger increases as temperatures rise to record levels, surpassing 43 degrees Celsius (109 Fahrenheit) in Canberra
By SHONAL GANGULY and STEVE McMORRAN
An old car burns from bushfires in Balmoral, 150 kilometres southwest of Sydney on December 19, 2019. (PETER PARKS/AFP)
December 19, 2019, 1:40 pm
Australia declares emergency as temperature record broken for 2nd time in week
Thousands of firefighters battle bushfires amid 41.9 degrees Celsius heatwave, with authorities warning extreme weather conditions could get even worse
By Tristan Lavalette
In this December 17, 2019 photo, a swimmer jumps from the Port Noarlunga Jetty in an effort to cool off in Adelaide, Australia. (David Mariuz/AAP Image via AP)
December 18, 2019, 12:19 pm
Australia swelters in hottest day on record, with more to come
Already unprecedented bushfire season sees average nationwide temperature hit a blistering 105.6 Fahrenheit, breaking 2013’s record of 104.5
By AFP
Firefighters work to put out a blaze that broke in the town of Nahalal in the Jezreel Valley, northern Israel, November 11, 2019. (Hermony/Flash90)
November 11, 2019, 9:55 am
Firefighters face more blazes in north amid unseasonable heat
Three lightly hurt in overnight fires near Nahalal, Karmiel, Afula and Haifa; firefighters go on high alert; heat wave expected to last till Thursday
By ToI Staff
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