LEO Network - Search Resultshttp://leonetwork.org2024-03-29T05:10:43Zhttp://leonetwork.org/Images/logo.pnguuid:365329A7-086D-4012-A4D7-252E3BAC2C3EWildfires Blanket Moscow in Smog 2022-08-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Moscow, Russia</h3><p>August 29, 2022</p><p>The fires affecting Moscow are concentrated in the Ryazan region, some 250 kilometers to the south. This is not the first time smog has appeared in Moscow in recent months, with local authorities advising residents to wear masks to protect themselves earlier this month.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/970FC631-ECC6-48A7-B317-184BCA31AD2A'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/365329A7-086D-4012-A4D7-252E3BAC2C3E'>Read more...</a></p></div>55.75222 37.61556uuid:792698EA-6229-4EAB-A8A3-F6B2088369E7In Photos: Disastrous Wildfires Sweep Siberia 2020-07-23T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia</h3><p>July 23, 2020</p><p>Gallery | The forest fires have covered an area larger than Greece and are emitting black smog that harms nearby populations.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C8C7D233-F4EA-467D-81B4-875AE475C07F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/792698EA-6229-4EAB-A8A3-F6B2088369E7'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.03389 129.73306uuid:4389CBE7-F70F-478D-87A2-6EA4FD93C9BFSiberian Wildfires Swell Amid Historic Heatwave2020-06-29T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Verkhoyansk, Sakha, Russia</h3><p>June 29, 2020</p><p>Most of the blazes are in a region that saw possibly the hottest-ever temperature above the Arctic Circle this month.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/5CB2C89A-20CA-4FDF-9BA1-04B38289483C'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4389CBE7-F70F-478D-87A2-6EA4FD93C9BF'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.55387 133.38976uuid:27278C4F-A81C-4CFC-9A35-9A43602B5B0DSiberia Feels the Brunt of Climate Change as Wildfires Rage2021-08-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yakutsk, Sakha, Russia</h3><p>August 5, 2021</p><p>The driest summer in 150 years has turned Yakutia into a tinderbox and seen wildfires tear through the region.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/B38AE728-B51F-4E08-A433-0434D5B80425'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/27278C4F-A81C-4CFC-9A35-9A43602B5B0D'>Read more...</a></p></div>62.03389 129.73306uuid:11FB5E9B-B00D-44EA-802C-580772DC25A9Siberia Rushes to Extinguish Fast-Spreading Wildfires2019-04-24T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Zabaikalsky Region, Russian Federation</h3><p>April 24, 2019</p><p>Gallery | The fires, which were swept in from Mongolia by high winds, have caused almost $9.4 million in damage.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/CCC5761E-65DA-437A-B9EB-5387B1EFC66F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/11FB5E9B-B00D-44EA-802C-580772DC25A9'>Read more...</a></p></div>53.2257684357902 116.455078125uuid:10E606B4-992E-492F-91A3-E5D3F1A4DF50Nearly 300 Wildfires in Siberia Amid Record Warm Weather 2020-07-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sakha, Russia</h3><p>July 12, 2020</p><p>Russia's Aerial Forest Protection Service is trying to suppress 136 fires over 43,000 hectares. Firefighters are using explosives to contain the fires and seeding clouds with silver iodide to encourage rain.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/D4E14107-6DF3-499B-AF55-D76E533209A0'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/10E606B4-992E-492F-91A3-E5D3F1A4DF50'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.4 129.16667uuid:D8DF2C15-3B24-4E5C-953C-4BAB222267652020 Arctic Wildfires Emissions So Far Surpass All of 2019 2020-08-31T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3></h3><p>August 31, 2020</p><p>Russian weather officials and environmentalists have said climate change is a major factor behind the increase in fires.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/E58CD7CF-5CAF-4D7C-9628-70C1E32D71EB'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D8DF2C15-3B24-4E5C-953C-4BAB22226765'>Read more...</a></p></div>uuid:84882987-ABCF-4275-8A49-6C4B207D6EA8Russian Wildfire Smoke Choking Siberian Cities 2020-07-16T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Yugorsk, Khanty-Mansiyskiy Avtonomnyy Okrug, Russia</h3><p>July 16, 2020</p><p>Photos of Yugorsk and other cities showed residential buildings fuzzy under a blanket of white smog.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/2FC18A1B-0471-4FB6-B485-75EDB7B9A06D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/84882987-ABCF-4275-8A49-6C4B207D6EA8'>Read more...</a></p></div>61.31226 63.33067uuid:D324F816-B637-4ED6-8D17-1CDBBF91C848Russia’s 2020 Wildfires Cover Greece-Sized Area 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia</h3><p>June 3, 2020</p><p>Wildfires in Russia have burned across a combined area the size of Greece so far in 2020, surpassing official estimates threefold. Experts warn that this year’s blazes could become the most destructive in history.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/7E8058CF-EC08-4B5B-B036-F8CDB50EAC91'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/D324F816-B637-4ED6-8D17-1CDBBF91C848'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.01839 92.86717uuid:4208854A-6945-4FFF-947C-8260077E6C80President Tokayev Arrives in Kostanai Region as Forest Fires Burn Record 43,000 Hectares 2022-09-05T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Аманкарагай, Әулиекөл, Kostanay, Kazakhstan</h3><p>September 5, 2022</p><p>The Kostanai Region declared a state of emergency on Sept. 4 after forest fires burned a record 43,000 hectares (the size of Сarribean Barbados island) and forced an evacuation of 1,841 people. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/34BEB465-F24F-4977-96C1-9AA03C9384BA'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4208854A-6945-4FFF-947C-8260077E6C80'>Read more...</a></p></div>52.40230601 64.081748994uuid:E65A0A1B-A556-4A02-B9CD-EE75677E3083Washington wildfire caused by pyrotechnic, police seek tips2022-10-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Camas, Washington, United States</h3><p>October 19, 2022</p><p>Officials say a wildfire in Southwest Washington that ballooned Sunday, causing regional air quality issues, may have been started by a firework or firearm.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/97D3881D-D252-4219-BF65-AB302AA96C7E'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/E65A0A1B-A556-4A02-B9CD-EE75677E3083'>Read more...</a></p></div>45.58706 -122.39954uuid:F6E59FDB-4AB0-4333-968E-0DE91FBEAAECPermafrost is ablaze with hundreds of wildfires in world’s coldest region2021-07-12T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Sakha, Russia</h3><p>July 12, 2021</p><p>Wildfires on permafrost are ravaging Yakutia - or the Sakha Republic - the largest and coldest entity of the Russian Federation. The scale is mesmerizing. There are some 300 separate fires, now covering 12,140 square kilometers - but only around half of these are being tackled, because they pose a threat to people. The rest are burning unchecked. </p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/88EC5934-A47B-4580-B483-EC41CD108E9F'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/F6E59FDB-4AB0-4333-968E-0DE91FBEAAEC'>Read more...</a></p></div>66.4 129.16667uuid:C874166A-E8E1-4473-BB2E-3D10B540A1C8Where is our spring? Locals in Western Siberia say it feels like they skipped a season2020-05-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia</h3><p>May 19, 2020</p><p>Abnormally hot May weather resembles midsummer with air temperatures as high as +35C.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/map/locationtile/C874166A-E8E1-4473-BB2E-3D10B540A1C8'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/C874166A-E8E1-4473-BB2E-3D10B540A1C8'>Read more...</a></p></div>56.01839 92.86717uuid:353920D3-BB98-4315-B8E2-1BC825718766Russia’s largest and coldest region is on fire - again, and this year wildfires strike early2021-06-10T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Srednekolymsk, Sakha, Russia</h3><p>June 10, 2021</p><p>Even school children are in firefighting brigades in some areas of Yakutia.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/41AAB60B-947D-4724-9037-5FB9AA125E6D'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/353920D3-BB98-4315-B8E2-1BC825718766'>Read more...</a></p></div>67.45659 153.70246uuid:4FB0FFB6-8D7D-411F-807B-3D55D24409F7State of emergency after dozens of houses destroyed in fearsome wildfires in TransBaikal region2019-04-19T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Chita, Transbaikal Territory, Russia</h3><p>April 19, 2019</p><p>At least 90 left homeless in one village after raging infernos, say reports.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/DF7161B2-9AA0-4C45-B99E-B0077D653498'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/4FB0FFB6-8D7D-411F-807B-3D55D24409F7'>Read more...</a></p></div>52.03171 113.50087uuid:1E208FDF-F44E-4EB5-B271-BF4D51C2BFCCWildfire infernos in Western Siberia as drivers in Novosibirsk region report zero visibility2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Omsk, Omsk, Russia</h3><p>April 26, 2021</p><p>Omsk region reported ‘record high’ number of wildfires and cases of dry grass burning, that turn into wildfires this spring, with one day last week counting nearly a thousand new events a day. Omsk region emergency services said the number of wildfires is seven to ten times above the norm.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/58B9BE5E-51CB-4725-A721-EE8A6DE5BFC6'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/1E208FDF-F44E-4EB5-B271-BF4D51C2BFCC'>Read more...</a></p></div>54.99244 73.36859uuid:BABB25C1-E2D4-4F2A-B82E-3F90972236AFDelhi: Bhalswa landfill smoulders for 2nd day, shrouds areas in toxic haze2022-04-26T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>New Delhi, Delhi, India</h3><p>April 26, 2022</p><p>The blaze was the fourth such incident in the last one month, as Delhi’s landfills are catching fire due to heavy build up of methane between the layers of millions of tonnes of garbage and high temperatures the city. Local residents said small fires keep erupting in the huge mountain of waste, but they have not seen such a massive one that broke out on Tuesday night.</p><img src='http://leonetwork.org/en/attachments/thumbnail/C76327B9-5C07-4FDF-8D6E-7451EE1F7E08'/><p><a href='http://leonetwork.org/posts/show/BABB25C1-E2D4-4F2A-B82E-3F90972236AF'>Read more...</a></p></div>28.613895 77.209006uuid:AD840FAB-5040-451D-9440-AF197A0908DASun disappears in bizarre repeat of last year’s blackout2019-08-09T00:00:00Z2024-03-29T05:10:43ZLEO Networkhttp://leonetwork.orgask.leonetwork@gmail.com<div><h3>Verkhoyansk, Sakha, Russia</h3><p>August 9, 2019</p><p>This time weather experts think the blackout was caused by smoke from wildfires mixing with heavy rain clouds.
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