EPA The wildfire destroyed national treasures like Goun Temple, a Unesco World Heritage Site A 56-year-old man is being investigated in South Korea on suspicion of starting a deadly wildfire that killed 30 people. The man, who has not been named, was performing an ancestral rite by a family grave on a hill in Uiseong
Firefighters are racing to battle the largest wildfires in South Korea’s history, which have so far killed 27 people. Dry weather and strong winds have proved to be a deadly combination in exacerbating the fire. The BBC’s Rachel Lee explores how the fire is spreading and the damage it has caused to the country. More
Wildfires have been ravaging South Korea leaving at least 18 dead, 19 injured and thousands evacuated. The “unprecedented” crisis remains critical, according to acting president Han Duck-soo, who said the fires are “rewriting the record books for the worst wildfires in our nation’s history”. Several heritage cultural sites, including the Unramsa temple, have been affected
By SOPHIE GABLE FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 15:30 EDT, 14 March 2025 | Updated: 15:49 EDT, 14 March 2025 A brutal wildfire is raging ‘unchecked’ across the Panhandle of Texas with the entire population of Alanreed evacuated as first responders fight to stop the small town being wiped from the map. Social media posts claiming that Alanreed
Forecasters with the National Weather Service have called Friday their “day of biggest concern” this week for dangerous fire weather conditions across a broad slice of the southern Great Plains and a portion of the Southwest and even into the Midwest. A strong storm barreling across the country is expected to drive gusty winds and
By SONYA GUGLIARA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 15:32 EST, 8 March 2025 | Updated: 16:02 EST, 8 March 2025 Several wildfires have set the Hamptons ablaze as residents are forced to evacuate the area. Flames erupted along Sunrise Highway near Long Island’s Riverhead and East Hampton on Saturday afternoon, according to the Eastport Fire Department. The
WASHINGTON — California’s lawmakers urged their leaders in Congress on Friday to continue funding federal aid in the wake of the L.A. fires, amid a congressional budget battle and questions about possible conditions being imposed by the Trump administration. Their letter — signed by all 54 House and Senate members — marks the latest step in a
As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of pristine white pigeon feathers. The ornithology curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County placed handfuls of feathers between two small screens and clipped them together with zip ties. She
Japan’s largest wildfire in more than three decades was burning through a forested area of a small coastal city on Sunday after killing at least one person, damaging dozens of homes and prompting evacuation orders for thousands of residents, fire officials said. The roughly 1,800-hectare (4,500-acre) fire has been burning for days in Ofunato, a
State Farm boss secretly filmed making bombshell comments about wildfire victims
A top State Farm executive has been fired after being caught on hidden camera making stunning and callous remarks about LA wildfire victims while revealing explosive claims about secret corporate maneuvers to raise rates on vulnerable policyholders. Haden Kirkpatrick, State Farm’s Vice President for Innovation and Venture Capital, was secretly recorded admitting the company ‘kind