Smoke rises from hills as the Washburn Fire burns near Ahwahnee, California, US, on July 9, 2022 in this screengrab taken from a handout video.A wildfire threatening some of the world's oldest giant sequoia trees in California's Yosemite National Park expanded five-fold over the weekend as smoke prompted air quality alerts throughout the park and obscured views of its famed scenery.
Coming at the height of the summer tourist season, the evacuations displaced an estimated 1,600 people in all, according to Park Service spokesperson Nancy Phillipe. The Park Service also has shut down the southern entrance to the park, which Phillipe said draws about four million visitors a year. While flames stoked by extremely dry, hot conditions worsening on Sunday have burned largely unchecked, none of Yosemite's landmark sequoias, some of them over 3,000 years old and given names, has yet been lost, Phillipe said.
But in one brush with disaster on Sunday, the crew of an "air attack plane," which operates as a control tower in the sky directing planes and helicopters fighting the blaze, reported being nearly struck by flying tree debris carried aloft in swirling winds of the fire's smoke column, fire command spokesperson Stanley Bercovitz told Reuters.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Sers no longer viewed as a guaranteed 'windfall' after Ang Mo Kio episodeSo the people of Ang Mo Kio have been set an example. But AMK should be rebuild like Toa Payoh since they can yield more housing than the amount now and its flat land will allow an effective LRT system unlike hilly terrains of Bukit Panjang or Telok Blangah.
Source: straits_times - 🏆 5. / 69 Read more »
'Not pornography': Hysteria in China over 'sexy' male pole dancers in water parkHysteria over pole dancers has erupted on Chinese social media again, this time after a video of two men performing at a water park while children are playing in a nearby pool was published online. On July 2, a brief and grainy video posted on Douyin shows two shirtless male performers wearing shorts pole dancing next to a pool in...
Source: asiaonecom - 🏆 10. / 59 Read more »
Iran slams US regional air defence plan ahead of Biden trip
Source: STForeignDesk - 🏆 4. / 71 Read more »
Terrifying moment construction worker dangles in air from a crane - The Independent Singapore NewsIn the video, he is seen suspended by his hand under a pallet of construction materials as it is lowered between skyscrapers in Toronto, Canada.
Source: IndependentSG - 🏆 9. / 63 Read more »
Terrifying moment construction worker dangles in air from a crane - The Independent NewsBeing tied to a rope and suspended in the air could seem simple to those who have engaged in bungee jumping. But this video here is not showing an attempt at bungee jumping that has gone wrong. It is a life-threatening moment for a construction worker who was left dangling from a tall crane hundreds …
Source: IndependentSG - 🏆 2. / 72 Read more »
National Day Parade 2023 to be held at the Padang: Ng Eng HenSINGAPORE: The National Day Parade (NDP) next year will be held at the Padang, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said on Saturday (Jul 9). This year's NDP will be the final one to be held at the Marina Bay floating platform, with the National Stadium potentially hosting the celebration in 2024, Dr
Source: ChannelNewsAsia - 🏆 6. / 66 Read more »