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Firefighters from the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation), Brazil's federal protected areas agency, use helicopters and make firebreaks to combat a blaze in the Amazon rainforest. Nearly 3,000 forest fires were registered in the Brazilian Amazon in February 2024, the highest for any February since records began in 1999, and made more likely by climate change, according to experts. IMAGES
Sao Paulo, Aug 26 (EFE).- Smoke from wildfires and the Covid-19 pandemic are combining to create a public health crisis among the more than 20 million people living in Brazil's portion of Amazonia, according to a report released Wednesday.
Firefighters and police use hoses and rakes in an attempt to put out a fire in Nemocon, 60 kilometers north of Colombia's capital Bogota. The South American country has appealed for international aid as it continues to battle dozens of forest fires burning vast swathes of land and encroaching on homes in the capital. IMAGES
Images of a plane in the Brazilian Amazon after fourteen people were killed in a crash while trying to land in stormy weather in the tourist town of Barcelos, leaving no survivors. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise above the now-evacuated fire-ravaged village of Kiotari on the Greek island of Rhodes as the blazes continue to ravage the island for a fifth consecutive day. Thousands of locals and tourists fled the Aegean island over the weekend in what authorities called the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. IMAGES
Plumes of smoke rise above the forest near the village of Karaouli, north of Athens, as Greece grapples with several wildfires and scorching temperatures. Another heatwave is on the horizon for Thursday, with expected temperatures of 44C across the country. IMAGES