12210 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.barrons.com/news/south-africa-sends-hundreds-of-firefighters-to-canada-1b229376?refsec=topics_afp-newsThey are a second batch of fighters flying out to the north American nation where nearly 17,800 square miles of forest have burned since the beginning of the year, well above previous averages amid climate change. The first group of more than 200 South African firefighters deployed to Canada's province of Alberta early last week.2023-06-13T18:49+0200barrons-9b9b697dd4d87a0ae6c129029165e7b820230613184900https://www.straitstimes.com/world/california-wildfires-are-five-times-bigger-than-they-used-to-beSACRAMENTO, California – The extent of area burned in California’s summer wildfires increased about fivefold from 1971 to 2021, and climate change was a major reason why, according to a new analysis. Scientists estimate the area burned in an average summer may jump as much as 50 per cent by 2050.2023-06-13T09:11+0200straitstimesSG-7cae9f45b5376005813be8a7449b385120230613091100https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/06/11/conditions-slow-spread-of-fire-near-edson-alta-but-evacuation-orders-remain.htmlEDMONTON - Selena Wilson and Curtis Wardill hadn’t even unpacked from a wildfire evacuation in Edson last month when an another emergency alert was issued Friday evening, ordering everyone to leave town again. “I’ve kind of had bags kept in the bedroom because I didn’t feel it was a good time to unpack yet with the weather being so crazy.2023-06-12T02:23+0200TorontoStar-52728024f6c28a51167c97c97362ec8d20230612022300https://politiko.al/english/bota/si-do-te-ndikoje-fenomeni-el-nino-ne-motin-e-gjithe-botes-i484923Countries around the world are bracing for extreme weather later in the year as the world faces El Niño - the climate phenomenon that triggers tropical cyclones in the Pacific, as well as torrential rains and the risk of flooding, in the Americas and regions others.2023-06-11T12:03+0200politiko-f7531c6b9d04d7fb12fa3402a0c5cf3220230611120300