Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway reported significantly lower profits Saturday morning, posting just over one-third of last year’s earnings—moments before thousands of shareholders poured into an Omaha arena to hear from the legendary investor himself.The drop in profits was largely due to a steep decline in the value of Berkshire’s investments and $860 million in insurance…
A massive wildfire sweeping through the outskirts of Jerusalem has triggered a national emergency in Israel, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and sending thick plumes of smoke over the country’s capital. The blaze, described by authorities as one of the largest in the nation’s history, erupted on Wednesday-coinciding with Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen…
A rapidly spreading wildfire in New Jersey has prompted mass evacuations and the closure of a large stretch of the state’s busiest highway, the Garden State Parkway. Firefighters are still trying to combat the Jones Road Wildfire, which broke out on Tuesday and spread to 8,500 acres. The blaze began at 11 am on Tuesday…
A raging wildfire engulfs the trees in Stillwater, Oklahoma, as intense flames consume the dry vegetation, sending thick plumes of smoke into the sky. The inferno spreads rapidly, fueled by strong winds and scorching temperatures, threatening the surrounding landscape and wildlife. (Reuters) Source link
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…
Firefighters in Cape Town on Wednesday were battling a wildfire that broke out in Table Mountain National Park and spread overnight toward the city, local authorities said. The wildfire has burned for several days in the Newlands area, high in the mountainous slopes of the park, but strong gusting winds pushed it toward Cape Town’s…
The Trump administration has halted funding for federal programs to reduce wildfire risk in western US states and has frozen hiring of seasonal firefighters as part of broad cuts to government spending, according to organizations impacted by the moves. The reduction in resources for wildfire prevention comes a month after devastating blazes in Los Angeles…
The Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, has announced that the district will repair or rebuild the three schools damaged in the Los Angeles wildfire and will also renovate all district campuses to be more natural disaster resilient. He further stated that the district will allocate $2.2 billion for these efforts, as reported…
Human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and windy conditions that fanned the flames of the recent devastating Southern California wildfires, a scientific study found. But the myriad of causes that go into the still smoldering fires are complex, so the level of global warming’s fingerprints on weeks of burning…
Australia’s southeast sweltered in a heatwave on Monday, raising the bushfire risk and prompting authorities to issue fire bans for several parts of Victoria state. The extreme temperatures brought back memories of the catastrophic 2019-2020 “Black Summer” that saw fires destroy an area the size of Turkey, killing 33 people and billions of animals. On…