Saturday, August 19, 2023

Maui wildfire survivors in unrelenting search for loved ones despite waning odds

Hawaii Fires

Officials acknowledge they don't have a firm number on the missing from the recent Maui wildfires that flattened the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Many initially listed as unaccounted for have since been located.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/maui-wildfire-missing-1.6941748?cmp=rss

Raging wildfire on Spanish island of Tenerife drives 26,000 from their homes

Flames seen on horizon near La Laguna on Spanish island of Tenerife

Thousands more people were evacuated from their homes on the Spanish island of Tenerife on Saturday as a wildfire in the north remained out of control, though the flames have so far avoided major tourist areas.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/spain-tenerife-wildfire-evacuation-1.6941620?cmp=rss

Hurricane Hilary threatens 'catastrophic' flooding in Mexico and California

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Hurricane Hilary headed for Mexico's Baja California on Saturday amid warnings of "catastrophic and life-threatening flooding" for the peninsula and for the southwestern United States, where it is forecast to make land as a tropical storm on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/storm-hilary-mexico-california-1.6941522?cmp=rss

5 dead, 37 injured after Russian missile hits central square in Chernihiv, Ukrainian ministry says

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Five people were killed and 37 wounded when a Russian missile struck a central square in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, Ukraine's Interior Ministry said on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-chernihiv-missile-1.6941499?cmp=rss