Indonesian firefighters had mostly contained the Mount Bromo wildfire by August 11 after it burned nearly 900 hectares of protected parkland. The national park remained closed, with two hot spots active and three water-bombing helicopters supporting ground crews.
British Columbia declared a provincewide state of emergency on August 8 after the Bald Range wildfire forced more than 20,000 people from communities along Okanagan Lake. An evacuation order requires people to leave immediately, while an alert tells them to prepare to leave on short notice.
The World Food Programme said on August 5 that a strengthening El Niño could push 49 million more people into acute hunger across 45 countries by the end of 2027. The UN agency expects the heaviest effects late in 2026, while limited funding and uneven monitoring leave the final toll uncertain.
Hungary kept one turbine at the Paks nuclear plant running at 240 MW on August 3, avoiding an expected full shutdown. Record-low Danube levels had cut the plant to 12 percent of its usual 2,000 MW output and prompted emergency conservation measures.
Three lionesses at Tokyo's Tama Zoological Park died between July 28 and August 2 after several animals developed signs consistent with heat stress. Autopsies found dehydration and multiple organ failure, but the zoo had not issued a final independent pathology finding.
More than 100 Mexican wildfire personnel arrived in British Columbia on August 3, with over 200 more expected later in the week. The deployment added crews as 126 fires burned across the Canadian province and more than 2,200 properties were evacuated near Kiptuk Creek.
Two crew members died when firefighting helicopters collided near Athens on August 2 as strong winds drove new evacuations in Greece. France allowed most people displaced by the Gironde fire to return, but hot spots and fires elsewhere in southern Europe remained active.
