Wildfires · New Zealand
'I don't know what we can do anymore': Lou Island pleads for help to fight wildfires
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Radio New Zealand fire coverage reports: Wildfires have intensified on Lou Island in Papua New Guinea, leading local authorities to report that approximately half of the island's forests have been lost. The situation has prompted pleas for assistance from the island's residents.
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'I don't know what we can do anymore': Lou Island pleads for help to fight wildfires
Radio New Zealand fire coverage reports: Wildfires have intensified on Lou Island in Papua New Guinea, leading local authorities to report that approximately half of the island's forests have been lost. The situation has prompted pleas for assistance from the island's residents.
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