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St. Helena/Calistoga, Sep 29 (EFE/EPA).- Tens of thousands of California's Napa and Sonoma valleys' residents on Monday were forced to flee their homes as wildfires fanned by strong winds ripped through the world-famous wine region. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).SHOT LIST: FIREFIGHTERS TRY TO CONTROL THE FAST-MOVING GLASS FIRE IN ST. HELENA AND CALISTOGA, CALIFORNIA, US.
Napa County, Sep 27 (EFE/EPA).- Fast-spreading Glass Fire in Napa County, north of San Francisco, on Sunday prompted evacuations at a local hospital and a resort. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO). SHOT LIST: FIREFIGHTERS BATTLE THE GLASS FIRE IN NAPA COUNTY NORTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, US.
Ten people have died and tens of thousands evacuated after wildfires raged through northern California on Monday night, prompting a state of emergency. The inferno, which has been exacerbated by hot weather and high winds, has destroyed at least 1,500 properties across 90,000 acres in the wine-making region. Hundreds have been admitted to local hospitals for burn wounds while emergency services hotlines are flooded with distress calls about injuries and missing persons.
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The Californian Department of Water Resources has been unleashing up to 100,000 cubic feet of water per second from the heavily damaged spillway at Oroville Dam in a bid to drain Lake Oroville after local authorities determined that uncontrolled flood waters could rush down from the lake due to a severe erosion of one of the Oroville Dam’s emergency spillways. Although authorities have been working round the clock to plug remaining holes, the dam, which is about 70 miles north of Sacramento, is still at extreme risk of flooding. Local authorities supervised the evacuation of almost 200,000 people from Butte, Marysville, and Yuba Counties, which are located downstream from California’s second largest water reservoir.
California Governor Edmund Gerald Brown Jr spoke to the press about the ongoing situation at the Oroville Lake spillway and the evacuation of the surrounding area, during a statement from the State Operations Centre in Mather, Monday. During his statement, Brown confirmed that he has filed a letter with the Trump administration to obtain an emergency declaration for relief to help the repair process and evacuation at the site of the dam.
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