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Brush fire in South Miami-Dade near Florida Keys burns 400 acres, 85% contained • May 12, 2025, 6:15 AM ET (CBS)

Brush fire burns near Card Sound Road in SW Miami-Dade • May 8, 2025, 12:16 PM ET (CBS)

'As bad as it gets': C.B.N. fire destroyed buildings and homes, residents say • May 7, 2025, 8:37 AM ET (CBC)

Wildfires are getting deadlier and costlier thanks to climate change: Study • May 6, 2025, 2:19 AM ET (The Hill)

Northeast hardest hit as B.C. wildfire season gets underway • May 3, 2025, 3:34 AM ET (CBC)

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Chutes d'Ekom - a waterfall on the Nkam river in the rainforest near Melong, in the western highlands of Cameroon in Africa.

Ecosystems