A former forestry student-turned-shaman and yoga teacher has been charged with starting a huge California wildfire that has destroyed 41 homes – and was being investigated in connection with other fires – after claiming the blaze was triggered accidentally while she tried to boil bear urine so she could drink it. Alexandra Souverneva, of Palo Alto, was charged Friday with felony arson... 

Australian PM Scott Morrison dismissed Swedish antifa child Greta Thunberg’s condemnation of his handling of the bushfire “catastrophe,” saying he was prioritizing Australia’s interests over foreigner-friendly PR. Thunberg has become a liberal icon and a mainstream media darling over her ‘crusade’ to tackle climate change issues. In a tweet on Sunday, she slammed politicians for failing... 

Australian firefighters are warning about an impending “mega blaze” as efforts to tackle over 100 bushfires have backfired spectacularly, while the country prepares for its possible hottest day on record. At least 20 houses have been razed and over 400,000 hectares burned as fire crews battle over 100 fires in New South Wales. Residents are bracing for even more extreme temperatures this... 

Last year, Sweden was struck by the warmest summer in 200 years and forest fires broke out all over the country. Barbeques, smokers, lightning and sparks from trains and forest machines got most of the blame for the fire outbursts. Figures show that 14% of the Swedish wildfires were deliberately planted. In addition, another 39% of the fires started without any evident cause. The causes of the fires... 

Six more people have died in connection to the wildfire tearing through Northern California, a sheriff said Sunday evening. The death toll in the northern blaze — known as the Camp Fire — rose to 29 as a result of the discoveries, which included five bodies located at homes and one that was found in a vehicle, Butte County Sheriff Cory Honea said. An additional 228 people were unaccounted... 

Multiple wildfires across Greece’s Attica region have claimed the lives of at least 60 people, firefighters say. With dozens of others injured, authorities have warned of further casualties and pleaded for an EU-wide response. Around half of the victims are from the village of Mati, a holiday resort on the east coast of the Attica region, just 30km from Athens, the local fire brigade said. Local... 

This situation is not getting as much media attention as it deserves. Thousands of people have already been evacuated and more are expected to do the same. From CNN: Wildfires blaze in Gatlinburg, TN; thousands evacuated Gatlinburg, Tennessee (CNN) Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast’s worst drought in nearly a decade, at least 14 wildfires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, forcing... 

The serial arsonist who started most of the California wildfires has finally been arrested – yet alarmists still blame climate change for the fires. The California wildfires still raging out of control are the work of a serial arsonist and not the result of global warming. Yesterday, officials arrested the dangerous firebug accused of setting 17 of California’s wildfires as firefighters battle... 

All over the planet, global weather patterns have gone completely nuts. Just over the past few days we have seen “life threatening” heatwaves, extremely dangerous wildfires, vicious tornadoes and unprecedented flooding – and that is just in the United States. And of course this is just the continuation of a trend that stretches back to last year, when extremely weird weather created “apocalyptic-like... 

Victoria state in Australia is suffering raging bushfires that have already claimed over 100 homes in one of the country’s famous tourist areas. Emergency authorities scrambled to fight the disaster and warn more fires will come by the New Year. Massive bushfires were fanned by winds and rapidly made advances across residential areas in the townships of Wye River and Separation Creek on Friday. Victoria... 

Norwegian scientists say global warming will lead to more wildfires in the forests surrounding the site of the 1986 nuclear accident, leaving Europeans exposed to radioactive elements still present in the exclusion zone around the plant. “A large amount of Caesium-137 still remains in the Chernobyl forests, which could be remobilized along with a large number of other dangerous, long-lived, refractory... 

Australian authorities are on high-alert as two bushfires rage across the country’s South Australia state and temperatures soar above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit). On Friday, at least four homes have been destroyed and several volunteer firefighters injured as separate fires burnt out of control in northeast of the state capital, Adelaide, and in the Lower South East region. “You are in... 

Massive fire is seen raging in the Whiteman Park area of the Australian city of Perth on December 14, 2014. Towering flames near Western Australian city of Perth have prompted evacuation of many homes as water-bombing helicopters and firefighters battle the blaze. The wildfire began in the Whiteman Park area of the major city, which has a population of 1.5 million, at 1:11 pm local time, threatening... 

This photograph taken by a NASA satellite clearly shows plumes of smoke wafting over over the east and southeast of Kim Jong-Un’s state. NASA has released a photograph that appears to show huge fires raging across North Korea. The pictures show large plumes of smoke over the east and southeast of Kim Jong-un’s state. Some of the fires are apparently in farm areas and it is possible that the... 

An emergency warning has been issued in Western Australia due to a bushfire that continues to rage toward the city of Perth. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services said on Monday that at least one person died in the flames that destroyed dozens of houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people in the suburbs of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia State. “It has been confirmed...