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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

wildfires

Damage is seen caused to a school in Kibuutz Dafna by a rocket launched from Lebanon, June 21, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
July 21, 2024, 7:20 pm
Rockets hit empty school, preschool in north after IDF strikes arms depot in Lebanon
No injuries in Hezbollah attacks on evacuated communities; Lebanese media report massive secondary explosions after strikes on arms cache
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A fire at an olive grove at the base of the Tel Gezer National Park, September 16, 2023. (Fire and Rescue Services)
September 16, 2023, 4:39 pm
Hikers cleared from archaeological site after fire breaks out in nearby olive grove
Firefighting teams prevent blaze from reaching Tel Gezer, which suffered minor damage in inferno last year; no reports of injuries
By Michael Horovitz
A wildfire in Avantas, near Alexandroupolis, in the northeastern Evros region of Greece, August 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)
August 23, 2023, 3:59 am
Firefighters in Greece find the bodies of 18 people in area burned by major wildfire
Fatalities are believed to be migrants who crossed border from Turkey, as dozens of fires ravage Greek countryside and other parts of southern Europe
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and Elena Becatoros
Flames burn a forest during a wildfire in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)
August 22, 2023, 10:24 am
Two dead as wildfires continue to spread across Greece
High winds and temperatures expected to persist until Friday as blazes rampage across islands and north of Athens
By AFP
The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above houses in West Kelowna, British Columbia, August 18, 2023. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)
August 19, 2023, 3:13 am
Thousands flee huge wildfire closing in on capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Yellowknife residents escape hundreds of miles through fire zones to safety as worst fire season in Canadian history rages unabated
By TAMMY WEBBER and JIM MORRIS
This handout image courtesy of the US Army shows combined Joint Task Force 50 (CJTF-50) search, rescue and recovery elements conducting search operations of areas damaged by wildfires in Lahaina Town destroyed in the Maui wildfires in Lahaina, Maui, August 15, 2023. (Photo by Staff Sergeant Matthew A. Foster / DVIDS / AFP)
August 17, 2023, 3:47 am
Biden to visit Hawaii as wildfire death toll hits 110 and is expected to keep rising
First victims of tragedy publicly identified; forensic experts, some of whom worked in 9/11, fly to Maui to help identify remains, but some are charred beyond recognition
By Patrick Fallon
Destroyed homes and cars are shown, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 15, 2023, 8:46 am
Death toll in Hawaii fires rises to 99, and likely to increase, say officials
Historic town of Lahaine almost entirely destroyed by fires that originated in Maui; only about 25% of area covered so far by cadaver dogs and searchers
By CLAIRE RUSH, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and Christopher Weber
Members of a search-and-rescue team walk along a street, August 12, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii, following heavy damage caused by wildfire. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 13, 2023, 6:29 am
With 89 fatalities, Hawaii wildfire becomes the deadliest in the US in over 100 years
Chilling stories of survival and death emerge from the island of Maui, as emergency workers go through the moonscape of ash that just days ago was the picturesque town of Lahaina
By CLAIRE RUSH, Beatrice Dupuy and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
A woman walks through wildfire wreckage Friday, August 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 12, 2023, 10:36 am
Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning
Investigation launched into apparent failure of warning systems as residents come home to almost completely destroyed town of Lahaina
By CLAIRE RUSH, TY O'NEIL and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
A man walks through wildfire wreckage on August 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
August 12, 2023, 2:00 am
Jewish groups launch relief effort for Maui after Hawaii wildfires kill over 60
Island’s Jews are among the evacuated; Governor Josh Green: ‘Likely the largest natural disaster in Hawaii state history’
By Ron Kampeas
This handout video grab courtesy of Richard Olsten taken on August 9, 2023 shows smoke billowing from destroyed buildings in Lahaina as wildfires burn across Maui, Hawaii. (Richard Olsten/AFP)
August 11, 2023, 11:49 pm
Hawaii wildfire death toll climbs to at least 55 as crews continue to battle flames
Governor says tally will likely exceed state’s worst previous natural disaster in which 61 were killed, as rescue team teams with cadaver dogs comb charred tourist town for victims
By Paula RAMON
The hall of historic Waiola Church in Lahaina and nearby Lahaina Hongwanji Mission are engulfed in flames along Wainee Street in Lahaina, Hawaii, on August 8, 2023. (Matthew Thayer/The Maui News via AP)
August 10, 2023, 12:24 pm
At least 36 dead as wildfires ravage Hawaii
Winds from Hurricane Dora in south whip flames across island, destroying buildings and cars as residents scramble to flee
By AUDREY McAVOY, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and Nick Perry
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (second left) with Justice Minister Anna Koukkides-Procopiou (second right) and Cypriot officials in Limasol, Cyprus, August 8, 2023. (National Security Ministry)
August 8, 2023, 4:05 pm
Ben Gvir has 1st meeting with EU country minister as Israel helps Cyprus fight fires
National security minister, already on island for vacation, attends discussion with Cypriot justice minister; talks reportedly kept strictly to topic of aid mission
By Michael Horovitz and AP
An aircraft drops water over a fire in Apesia, a semi-mountainous village near Limassol, southwestern Cyprus, August 7, 2023. (Philippos Christou/AP)
August 7, 2023, 3:29 pm
Multinational force fights stubborn wildfire in Cyprus; Israel could send planes too
Lebanon, Greece and Jordan have already sent several aircraft to battle blaze, which rekindled after firefighters had mostly managed to contain it
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
A local pulls a tree branch as a wildfire burns in Gennadi village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on July 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
July 29, 2023, 3:24 pm
Greece wildfires mostly under control after over 2 weeks, officials say
Fire department says ‘no active front’ in the three biggest wildfires in Rhodes, Corfu and central Greece that had forced thousands of people to flee
By AFP
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