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Study: Climate change fuels fire weather threatening the world’s oldest trees in Argentina and Chile

Study: Climate change fuels fire weather threatening the world’s oldest trees in Argentina and Chile

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Heatwaves and wildfires in Europe: Red Cross and Red Crescent teams protect people at high risk during scorching heat and fires

Heatwaves and wildfires in Europe: Red Cross and Red Crescent teams protect people at high risk during scorching heat and fires

| Article

Just the beginning: IFRC urges Europe to prepare as heatwaves and wildfires intensify this summer

Just the beginning: IFRC urges Europe to prepare as heatwaves and wildfires intensify this summer

| Press release

Wildfires in Chile: Red Cross leads new way of managing wildfires, well before the crisis hits

Wildfires in Chile: Red Cross leads new way of managing wildfires, well before the crisis hits

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'I didn’t lose just my house, I lost my community’

'I didn’t lose just my house, I lost my community’

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United States: Red Cross volunteers bring hope in wake of southern California wildfires

United States: Red Cross volunteers bring hope in wake of southern California wildfires

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Belize: After a season of drought and fire wiped out farmlands, Red Cross help farmers sow the seeds of recovery

Belize: After a season of drought and fire wiped out farmlands, Red Cross help farmers sow the seeds of recovery

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Deadly heatwaves in Central America – 35 times more likely because of climate change and four times more likely than in 2000

Deadly heatwaves in Central America – 35 times more likely because of climate change and four times more likely than in 2000

| Press release

Hot and dry: The Caribbean island nation of Grenada struggles with drought, heatwaves and fire

Hot and dry: The Caribbean island nation of Grenada struggles with drought, heatwaves and fire

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Extreme fire-weather in Chile driven by climate change and El Niño

Extreme fire-weather in Chile driven by climate change and El Niño

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Maui fires: Red Cross providing shelter and comfort to victims

Maui fires: Red Cross providing shelter and comfort to victims

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Bangladesh fires: Thousands of homes, schools, hospitals, and water networks burnt in Cox's Bazar

Bangladesh fires: Thousands of homes, schools, hospitals, and water networks burnt in Cox's Bazar

| Press release