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Conservation dogs are being used to sniff out injured koalas as the devastating bushfires continue in Australia. Taylor, a four-year-old Springer Spaniel has been trained to sniff out their fur and their scats. Over 30,000 koalas died in the fires on Kangaroo Island alone. The World Wide fund for Nature estimates that 1.25 billion animals have been killed in the fires.
With countries around the world continually beating their own records for both heat and rainfall year on year, extreme weather is becoming more common. Now, as the planet heats up, natural disasters are on the rise. We have seen events from wildfires to hurricanes increasing in frequency and intensity, but how exactly can our changing climate have an effect on natural disasters?
Blazes continue to burn homes in Napa, Sonoma and beyond, and five of the six largest fires in state history have occurred this year.
Wildfires are causing mass evacuations and power outages across California.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
As the Amazon burns, other forests around the globe face similar threats.
In the forested state hardest hit by fires, far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's Orwellian messaging is taking hold.
President Trump blamed the wildfires on California's "mismanagement." The state's largest group called him "dangerously wrong."
The Tubbs Fire was the most destructive in California’s history and left a lasting impact on both survivors and firefighters.
At least 36 people died in the fire, and as many as 20 tenants may have lost their homes.
It took place when the girls, aged between five and 12, were sleeping in their dorm.