Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 17, 2026 SOUTH WALES — Firefighters backed by hundreds of military personnel are battling a major wildfire emergency across South Wales as dozens of fires burn [...]
Massive wildfires tore across four European countries this week, driving more than 480 tourists from a Greek beach by sea and displacing thousands more from Croatia to western Germany. On the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki, Greece, a fire front stretched roughly three kilometers, nearly two miles, and reached heights of 30 meters, according to […] The post Wildfires sweep Greece, Croatia, France, and Germany, forcing thousands to evacuate appeared first on American Almanac .
Massive wildfires tore across four European countries this week, driving more than 480 tourists from a Greek beach by sea and displacing thousands more from Croatia to western Germany. On the Halkidiki peninsula south of Thessaloniki, Greece, a fire front stretched roughly three kilometers, nearly two miles, and reached heights of 30 meters, according to Greek public television network ERT. More than 200 firefighters battled the blaze as it bore down on the popular resort towns of Siviri and Fourka, where Greece's civil protection agency sent evacuation warnings by phone to residents and vacationers. Two firefighters were injured and hospitalized. The flames came so close to the shoreline that a ground evacuation was impossible. A Greek…Open
Photos and maps show how the Old Trails Fire pushed beyond familiar danger zones in Washington.
Under French rules, homeowners must clear vegetation within roughly 50 yards of their houses. In the forests affected by France’s worst fire in decades, that didn’t happen.
Authorities have been preparing for changing weather conditions later Saturday, with forecasts calling for winds to shift from west to east, a development that could steer the flames toward Bordeaux.