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Fires engulf Turkiye’s Mediterranean coast as government declares 2 disaster zones

Fresh wildfires broke out on Turkiye’s Mediterranean coast Friday, as the government declared two western provinces to be disaster zones.

‘Fragile’: An emotional day for Jasper residents one year after devastating wildfire

Kimberley Stark has a scavenger hunt planned for her three kids on the plot of land in Jasper, Alta., where they used to crawl, play and sleep.

Early Hawaiian petroglyphs on a beach are visible again with changing tides and shifting sands

Hawaiian petroglyphs dating back at least a half-millennium are visible on Oahu for the first time in years, thanks to seasonal ocean swells that peel away sand covering a panel of more than two dozen images of mostly human-looking stick figures.

Magnitude 6.6 quake hits off Samoa coast: USGS

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Friday off the southwestern coast of Pacific nation Samoa, the United States Geological Survey said.

Tropical storm adds to Philippines’ weather toll with 25 dead and 278,000 evacuated this week

A tropical storm was blowing across the Philippines’ mountainous north Friday, worsening more than a week of bad weather that has caused at least 25 deaths and prompted evacuations in villages hit by flooding and landslides.

Wild parsnip outbreak grows in P.E.I., warnings issued across Canada

It looks harmless, almost pretty, but wild parsnip is causing growing concern on Prince Edward Island and across Canada. The invasive plant can leave people with painful burns and blisters, and in rare cases, temporary blindness.

Saskatoon, Regina set new records for wildfire smoke

Saskatoon and Regina are experiencing their smokiest wildfire season on record to date, according to Environment Canada.

Massive wildfire destroys homes in Cyprus and 2 bodies found in burned-out car

Aircraft from Jordan, Israel and Spain were on their way Thursday to help battle a huge wildfire in Cyprus that has claimed the lives of two people. Police were investigating reports that arsonists were to blame.

Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay US$1 billion in marine pollution compensation

Sri Lanka’s top court on Thursday ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank near its capital to pay US$1 billion in compensation to the island nation’s government for causing the most severe marine environment catastrophe in the country’s history.

Proof of life: tracking elusive Amazon group to save their land

A ceramic pot and the shell of a turtle, once hunted for its meat, are the most recent traces of an Indigenous community thought to live deep in the north Brazilian Amazon.

Weather and air quality warnings are active in parts of Canada: Here’s what to know

Environment Canada has issued dozens of alerts warning of severe weather and air quality conditions across the country.

Extreme weather is making home insurance more expensive. Here’s how you can keep costs under control

Personal finance contributor Christopher Liew on how climate change is driving home insurance premiums up, and what homeowners can do to keep costs from skyrocketing in the coming years.

Senior rescuer with about 100 animals in care worries about who will help P.E.I.’s wildlife next

Candy Gallant has a lot of mouths to feed – beaks, to be exact. Nearly 100 animals live in her Miscouche, P.E.I., home: falcons with folded wings, hares huddled next to baby birds and sphynx cats lounging by injured chickens.

Bruce County fisherman nabs one of the largest ‘invasive’ grass carps ever caught in Great Lakes

Richard Elliott thought he’d seen it all in his nearly five decades of fishing, but last week, he caught a fish he’d never, ever seen before.

Residents told to secure their garbage after more than 30 bear sightings in northern Ont.

Residents are being reminded to keep their food and garbage secure after more than 30 bear sightings were reported to the province in the last two months in the area of Pointe Au Baril.