Editing 2010s (section)

====Droughts, heat waves, and wildfires====
{{Main|Category:2010s wildfires}}
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! Country
! Description
! References
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| [[2011–17 California drought]]
| December 2011 – March 2017
| {{flag|United States}}
| The state of [[California]] suffered through a water drought for the most part of the decade, affecting the way how Californians showered, use their drinking water, and even some of their electricity.
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.livescience.com/50417-california-drought-future.html |last=Ghose |first=Tia |title=What Record-Breaking Drought Means for California's Future |publisher=Live Science |date=8 April 2015 |access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>
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| [[2015 Indian heat wave]]
| 24 May 2015
| {{flag|India}}
| A heatwave in Southern India resulted in over 2,500 deaths.
|<ref name="Meteorologist">{{cite web |url=http://www.theweathernetwork.com/uk/news/articles/indias-deadly-heatwave-nears-end-as-monsoon-arrives/52420/ |title=Indian monsoon arrives – deadly heatwave ends |last=Meteorologist |first=Chris Burton - |website=The Weather Network |access-date=21 June 2016 |archive-date=30 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130122349/http://www.theweathernetwork.com/uk/news/articles/indias-deadly-heatwave-nears-end-as-monsoon-arrives/52420/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| [[2015 Pakistani heat wave]]
| 20 June 2015
| {{flag|Pakistan}}
| A related heatwave hit neighbouring [[Pakistan]], killing over 2,000 people in [[Karachi]] alone.
|<ref name="Meteorologist" />
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| [[2016 Fort McMurray wildfire]]
| 1 May 2016
| {{flag|Canada}}
| A wildfire began southwest of [[Fort McMurray]], [[Alberta]], Canada. On 3 May, it swept through the community, destroying more than 2,400 homes and buildings and forcing the largest wildfire evacuation in [[Alberta]]'s history. The wildfire is the costliest disaster in Canadian history.
|<ref name="largestAB">{{cite news |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-pushed-back-even-as-temperatures-climb |title=Thousands flee from Fort McMurray wildfire in the largest fire evacuation in Alberta's history |date=3 May 2016 |newspaper=[[Edmonton Journal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510222635/http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-pushed-back-even-as-temperatures-climb |archive-date=10 May 2016 |url-status=live |last1=Parsons |first1=Paige |access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="Insurance estimates">{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fort-mcmurray-insurance-cost-1.3568113 |title=Fort McMurray fire could cost insurers $9B, BMO predicts |date=5 May 2016 |publisher=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160510222907/http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/fort-mcmurray-insurance-cost-1.3568113 |archive-date=10 May 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=5 May 2016}}</ref>
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| [[Camp Fire (2018)|2018 Camp Fire]]
| 8–25 November 2018
| {{flag|United States}}
| A wildfire began in [[Northern California]] that eventually became the deadliest and most destructive [[wildfire]] in [[List of California wildfires|California history to date]]. It was also the deadliest wildfire in the United States since the [[Cloquet fire]] in 1918, and among the [[List of natural disasters by death toll#Deadliest wildfires/bushfires|list of deadliest wildfires]], it was the sixth-deadliest U.S. wildfire overall, killing 85 people and injuring 17.
|<ref name="East Bay Times">{{cite news |last1=Baldassari |first1=Erin |title=Camp Fire death toll grows to 29, matching 1933 blaze as state's deadliest |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/11/11/crews-continue-to-battle-strong-winds-in-deadly-camp-fire/ |website=East Bay Times |date=11 November 2018 |access-date=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="WU ranking">{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Jeff |title=America's Deadliest Wildfire in 100 Years: 56 Dead in Paradise, California |url=https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Americas-Deadliest-Wildfire-100-Years-48-Dead-Paradise-California |publisher=Weather Underground |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>
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| [[2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires]]
| January 2019 – October 2019
| {{nowrap|{{flag|Brazil}} {{flag|Bolivia}}<br />{{flag|Perù}} {{flag|Paraguay}}}}
| The 2019 wildfires season saw an unusual surge in the number of fires occurring in the [[Amazon rainforest]] and other parts of the [[Amazon biome]] contained within the countries of [[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Paraguay]], and [[Peru]] during the 2019 Amazonian tropical [[dry season]].
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://queimadas.dgi.inpe.br/queimadas/portal-static/situacao-atual/ |title=Situação atual – Programa Queimadas – INPE |website=queimadas.dgi.inpe.br |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-date=20 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620131720/https://queimadas.dgi.inpe.br/queimadas/portal-static/situacao-atual/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="cbs bolsonaro aid">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amazon-wildfires-brazil-spurns-20-million-aid-offer-from-g-7-nations-today-2019-08-27/ |title=Brazil's Bolsonaro says he will accept aid to fight Amazon fires |date=27 August 2019 |work=[[CBS News]] |access-date=30 August 2019}}</ref>
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| [[2019–20 Australian bushfire season|2019–20 Australian bushfires]]
| August 2019 – June 2020
| {{nowrap|{{flag|Australia}}}}
| The 2019 Australian bushfire season arrived in the wake of heavy droughts across the country, with fires covering the east coast including the metropolitan confines of Sydney. There were 34 direct fatalities and hundreds of properties destroyed. Subsequent smoke covered the city of Sydney and Melbourne, causing toxic air pollution.
|<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/news-and-media/media-releases/update-on-northern-nsw-bush-fires2 |title=Update on Northern NSW bush fires |website=rfs.nsw.gov.au}}</ref><ref name="NSW Rural Fire service">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50375407 |title=Australian bushfires reach Sydney's suburbs |date=12 November 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=21 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tolhurst |first=Kevin |title=It's 12 months since the last bushfire season began, but don't expect the same this year |url=http://theconversation.com/its-12-months-since-the-last-bushfire-season-began-but-dont-expect-the-same-this-year-139757 |access-date=2021-09-03 |website=The Conversation |date=10 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-13 |title=Beaches and pools closed, races cancelled as Melbourne chokes on bushfire smoke |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-14/melbourne-air-quality-drops-to-hazardous-from-bushfire-smoke/11865178 |access-date=2021-09-03 |website=abc.net.au}}</ref>
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