Weatherhood B.C.

NANAIMO — The last group of wildfire evacuees forced from their Vancouver Island homes by a blaze north of Nanaimo were allowed to return over the weekend after crews got the fire under control.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Spain is deploying a further 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have torn through parched woodland during a prolonged spell of scorching weather, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said Sunday.

Officials in Nova Scotia say a wildfire in the western part of the province has grown and could force people out of their homes, while cooler temperatures and low winds have helped firefighters in Newfoundland and Labrador.

As climate change worsens extreme weather events, people in rural areas will increasingly seek refuge in urban areas. Cities must prepare to host and care for them.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Erin strengthened into a Category 2 storm on Friday as it approached the northeast Caribbean , prompting forecasters to warn of possible flooding and landslides.

Mark Lawrence says residents of Bamfield, B.C.

HALIFAX — As climate change continues to raise the risk of extreme wildfires, a debate has arisen over who bears the responsibility to prevent disasters: government or individuals? Wildfires have been raging across Canada all summer, including in the

ST. JOHN'S — There was a very happy chicken in a suburb of St. John's, N.L., on Friday after residents who had been forced to leave their homes because of a wildfire were finally cleared to return.

MADRID (AP) — Firefighters in Spain, Portugal and Greece battled ongoing wildfires Friday, an important religious holiday in all three countries, as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed over 280 people and left scores of others missing in India and Pakistan over the past 24 hours, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people fr