French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux while officials in Madrid say they face the "worst fire in the history of the region".
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Spain's government declares national emergency as French authorities order evacuations in tourist hot spot.
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French President Emmanuel Macron on July 24, asked the army to mobilise to help contain the worst wildfire the country has ever seen after seeking European Union help, as a local official warned the blaze was heading…
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Madrid and Paris have called in EU help as flames whipped up by strong winds and boosted by drought tore through tinder-dry forests.
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Massive forest fires burned out of control in southwestern France and central Spain on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate an estimated 200,000 people from their homes. Some even fled by boat when flames swept…
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The evacuation has impacted the agency’s ability to communicate with space probes.
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Spain declared a state of emergency and sent the military to try to contain wildfires near Madrid, while France evacuated thousands of tourists threatened by a blaze west of Bordeaux. More than 10,000 people have been…
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"حرائق مدريد إخمادها مستحيل".. سيناريو حذر منه العلماء قبل 3 عقود
Giant forest fires are consuming thousands of hectares in Spain, France and Italy amid record temperatures, and scientific warnings dating back three decades confirm that climate change has become a direct threat to national security.
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森林火災で非常事態宣言 スペイン
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EN DIRECT, incendies : la préfecture ordonne l’évacuation « de l’ensemble de la presqu’île » du cap Ferret, le feu a parcouru plus de 10 000 hectares
The prefecture ordered this morning “the gradual evacuation of the entire Arcachon Basin peninsula, village after village, from Claouey to the tip of Cap Ferret”. No new injuries have been reported...
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EN DIRECT, incendie en Gironde : un incendie particulièrement intense près du bassin d’Arcachon, tous les massifs du Var fermés à cause des feux
The fire in Gironde, described as exceptionally intense by firefighters, saw its surface area increase sixfold in less than three hours and is progressing towards Arès and Lège-Cap-Ferret. In the Var, the fire which traveled 2,500…
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Tens of thousands of people used cars and boats to escape wildfires raging in southwestern France. In Spain's Madrid region, authorities declared a national emergency after at least two fires merged.
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With Spain declaring a national emergency, France seeking EU assistance and Canada dealing with more than 900 hot spots, wildfires are out of control. How can we stop our forests from burning out of control?