Greek government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis stated that 140 people were detained during the police investigation into the fires that broke out in the Western Thrace region and around the capital Athens, causing the death of 21 people. Expressing that 79 of the detainees were charged, Marinakis said 62 of them were accused of setting fires […]
Japan’s decision to discharge treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean on yesterday caused eyebrows to raise in South Korea. Under the leadership of main opposition Democratic Party, numerous South Koreans marched towards the presidential office in Seoul. Yesterday, South Korean police detained 16 individuals for breaking into the Japanese […]
Valley Nature Search and Rescue Sports Club climbed the summit of Mount Süphan, Türkiye’s second largest mountain with an altitude of 4,058. During the climb, it was observed that many glaciers melted due to global warming. “We witnessed that a large part of the glacial valley on the south side melted due to global warming. […]
A fire at an auto showroom in the city of Vijayawada in India’s Andhra Pradesh state has rendered 400 out of 1,000 motorcycles unusable. Firefighters, who came to the area to respond to the growing fire in a short time, took the fire under control in 1.5 hours. It is believed that the fire started […]
Two separate waterspouts appeared off the Araklı district of Trabzon province in Türkiye yesterday afternoon. Although the waterspouts caused panic among the citizens who recorded them on their mobile phone cameras, they disappeared before reaching land. No damage or casualty were reported.
A fire broke out in a hotel in Marmaris, a tourism district in Türkiye’s Muğla province. The fire, which is thought to have started on the electrical components in the garden of the business, quickly covered the sky with dense smoke. Marmaris fire crews came to the scene in a short time and extinguished the […]
Due to the heavy rain that started on weekend in the central and southern parts of Chile, many rivers have overflowed, leaving houses, farmlands, streets and main roads under water. The National Disaster Prevention and Response Service announced that 4 people lost their lives and more than 34,000 were displaced. Rescue operations were carried out […]
A rare fire whirlwind was observed in the fire near the Downton Lake in the province of British Columbia amid Canada’s battle against the worst wildfires in the country’s history. The British Columbia Fire Service estimate that the whirlwind was caused by the cold winds from the mountain. A total of 15.4 million hectares of […]
A business owner named Basri Tezel, was devastated when he returned to his workplace that was burned by the wildfires that rendered many residential areas unusable in Türkiye’s Çanakkale province. Escaping the area at the last moment, the business owner came back to see that not only his business place but also his animals were […]
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles were used in the process of responding to the forest fire that started 3 days ago in Çanakkale in Türkiye and was brought under control today. The combat drones made great contribution to the effective direction and coordination of the firefighting teams by allowing the lands on fire to be viewed quickly […]