Natural disasters

Skopje – Slovenian firefighters helping in the effort to put out wildfires in North Macedonia have protected buildings close to the eastern village of Budinarci from flames. With the help of a helicopter, they are also fighting a fire that has spread toward a minefield, the Civil Protection and Disaster Relief Administration has said.

Ravaged by wildfires since July 28, Turkey has contained most of the 223 wildfires that took 47 provinces in its grip with only six wildfires remaining, Turkey's agriculture and forestry minister said on Aug. 7 as precipitation at the weekend helped end the wildfires in the southern province of Antalya.

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Ljubljana – Slovenia has deployed a civil protection unit and 16 vehicles to North Macedonia to help fight wildfires there in response to the country’s asking for help through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

According to a post on the government’s Twitter profile, Slovenia sent 46 members of civil protection specialising in fighting wildfires with 16 vehicles.

Until this moment, an emergency situation has been declared only in Petrovac na Mlavi.
For now, we can say that we have done well, because the storm coming to us from Germany and that part of Europe, affected by the floods, has weakened quite a bit.

Millions of people across the western United States and Canada were hit on July 11 by a new round of scorching hot temperatures, with some roads closed, train traffic limited and new evacuations ordered.

Rescue workers slogged through mud and debris on July 5 looking for dozens feared missing after a giant landslide ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at least three people.

Ottawa prepared on July 2 to send military aircraft and other help to evacuate towns and fight more than 100 wildfires in western Canada fueled by a record-smashing heat wave.

According to wildfire officials, at least 152 fires were active in British Columbia, 89 of them sparked in the last two days. Most were caused by lightning strikes.

The focal depth of the earthquake is estimated at 17 km

Scores of deaths in Canada's Vancouver area are likely linked to a grueling heat wave, authorities said on June 29, as the country recorded its highest ever temperature amid scorching conditions that extended to the U.S. Pacific Northwest.

Units from the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry's Directorate General of Forestry have added more drones to their fleet to fight forest fires more effectively.