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Doctors performed a c-section hours later (Photo: AFP)

Woman gives birth while being moved to another hospital due to...

Nicole was being taken to another hospital as smoke had entered their room and labour had already been induced.

12 Oct 2017 4:07 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Pexels)

Tiny particles may have huge impact on storms: Study

These particles can intensify storms, increase the size of clouds and cause more rain to fall.

28 Jan 2018 3:06 PM IST

Some 50,000 residents were ordered to flee their homes north of Los Angeles on Thursday as a fast-moving wildfire driven by high winds raged out of control. (Photo: AFP)

50,000 residents evacuated as tick fire rages near Los Angeles:...

With the help of Code for America, Los Angeles officials plan to dismiss or reduce as many as 50,000 marijuana...

25 Oct 2019 1:15 PM IST

The California wildfire has already charred more than 50,000 acres, destroying hundreds of houses. (Photo: AP)

Toxic effects post-wildfires are more harmful than the calamity itself

Scientists have studied wildfires for decades learning much about the impact on air, soil and nearby ecosystems in the...

13 March 2019 6:14 PM IST

The researchers studied vegetation cover and type, moisture level, proximity to roads and population centers and historic weather data. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)

Rising temperature to ignite more wildfires

Rising temperature to ignite more wildfires

26 April 2019 8:43 AM IST

It is important to understand how climate change and wildfires will affect tree regeneration because forests are important economically, ecologically and culturally. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

California governor Gavin Newsom signs bill for USD 21 billion...

'We were sobered by that immediate experience, that reality, and we got to work,' Newsom told reporters at a...

13 July 2019 4:29 PM IST

A National Weather Service satellite photo showing smoke hanging over the island was posted on local media and social media sites. (Photo: Representative Image/AFP)

Tourists, residents evacuated as wildfire spreads at Hawaii's Maui...

'We can't fight the fire tonight,' the Mayor said. 'We're not going to send any firefighters into harm's way.'

12 July 2019 4:25 PM IST

Fires in the Amazon have surged 83 percent so far this year compared with the same period a year earlier, government figures show. (Photo: AP)

Brazilian prez admits to farmers setting Amazon forest ablaze, tells...

'These countries that send money, they don't send it out of charity. They send it with aim of interfering with our...

23 Aug 2019 4:31 PM IST

The fire that broke out in the early hours of Tuesday on Greeces second-largest island prompted the evacuation of the villages of Kontodespoti, Makrymalli, Stavros and Platana, and threatened the town of Psachna during the night, officials said. (Photo: AFP)

Massive wildfire on Greek island, several villages evacuated

Over 200 firefighters were in action backed by 75 fire trucks, nine water-bombing helicopters and seven planes.

14 Aug 2019 8:36 PM IST

The two new-born cubs were born on May 10 in the Dvur Kralove safari park. (Photo: AP/Petr David Josek)

Crimean zoos offer shelter to animals from Siberian forests affected...

The wildfires have been devastating Siberia since last week.

4 Aug 2019 3:55 PM IST

The carcass of a fox found in Otuquis National Park, eastern Bolivia. (Photo:AFP)

Million animals die in Bolivian wildfires

More than 2 million animals perish in Bolivia wildfires.

26 Sept 2019 10:56 AM IST

A firefighter sprays water while trying to stop the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, from spreading to neighboring homes in Doyle, Calif., Saturday, July 10, 2021. Pushed by heavy winds amid a heat wave, the fire came out of the hills and destroyed multiple residences in central Doyle. (AP Photo)

California and other parts of the West broil and burn

Late Saturday, flames jumped U.S. 395, which was closed near the small town of Doyle in California's Lassen County

12 July 2021 5:49 PM IST