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Choppy waves crash against the port of Kobe as Typhoon Lan makes landfall early Tuesday in Japan, bringing violent gusts and downpours. Lan was set to spend all of Tuesday sweeping over the region, which includes the commercial hubs of Osaka and Kobe before moving out to the Sea of Japan. IMAGES
More than 1,000 people have been evacuated in the Spanish regions of Valencia (south-east) and Aragon (north-east) where forest fires have already burnt some 900 hectares, according to local authorities. Four hundred firefighters, rescue workers and military personnel, fifteen planes, seaplanes and helicopters worked to extinguish the flames, according to the Valencia rescue service. A nearby field hospital was set up and the Red Cross opened a reception centre for evacuees in a gymnasium in the town of Segorbe. Spain was hit last summer by some 500 fires that burned over 300,000 hectares of land, making it the most affected European country, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. IMAGES
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the EU "must be prepared to host 5 million people" from Ukraine ahead of a meeting for EU ministers in Montpellier, in southern France. IMAGES
There are still 5,400 people inside Kabul airport awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan, says General Hank Taylor at a Pentagon briefing, one day after a deadly attack on the operation by the Islamic State group. SOUNDBITE
Strong winds and big waves hit Sokcho, South Korea, as typhoon Haishen passes through. IMAGES
Waves crash against sea walls in Kagoshima, a day after the powerful Typhoon Haishen slammed into southern Japan with record winds and heavy rains that prompted evacuation warnings for millions. IMAGES
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