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Images of the landslide and debris of houses in Petropolis, near Rio de Janeiro, after heavy rains left 4 dead in the disaster. A powerful storm in southeastern Brazil has killed at least thirteen people, most of them in the mountainous and northern region of Rio de Janeiro state. IMAGES
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro holds an event in the capital Bogota with guerillas from the National Liberation Army (ELN) and civil organizations as a bilateral ceasefire comes into effect. IMAGES
Khartoum International Airport is calm as a 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan's warring generals comes into effect after 10 days of urban combat that killed hundreds, wounded thousands and sparked a mass exodus of foreigners. IMAGES
Greenville/Plumas County, Aug 11 (EFE/EPA).- The huge wildfire that has been burning for four weeks in northeastern California has already destroyed more than 550 homes and firefighters have only managed to get it 30 percent contained, authorities reported on Wednesday.So far, the Dixie fire, dubbed thusly because of the name of the mountain highway along which it began, has burned 202,700 hectares (some 510,000 acres), according to the latest figures from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire).The blaze, which has been raging since July 14 over a mountainous area near Lassen Volcanic National Park, is already the second largest fire ever registered in California, surpassed only by the August Complex fire last year, although that fire was actually 38 separate fires all burning in the same general area. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).SHOT LIST: HOMES AND BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY THE DIXIE FIRE IN GREENVILLE, CALIFORNIA, AND THE DIXIE FIRE IN PLUMAS COUNTY NEAR TAYLORSVILLE, CALIFORNIA, US.
Images show the extent of the damage caused by the floods in Schuld, Germany. The death toll from the devastating floods in Germany has reached 103, bringing the total number of deaths in Europe to at least 118. IMAGES
Theux, Jul 15 (EFE/EPA).- Heavy rains and floods in Belgium killed at least six people, left several homes destroyed and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate.Belgian prime minister Alexandre de Croo called on the country to help save those affected by the floods, which have mostly hit the southeast regions bordering Germany and Luxembourg.“The only attitude to have for the moment is to help the people and save the people, as in some areas the situation could worsen,” de Croo said in a statement. (Camera: STEPHANIE LECOCQ). B-ROLL OF THE AFTERMATH OF FLOODING IN THEUX, BELGIUM.
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