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Added on the 11/05/2023 02:57:04 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of burnt fields and forests near Edmonton, Alberta as Western Canada's spreading wildfires prompt evacuation orders. IMAGES
Images show Yellowknife evacuees arriving in the Calgary Airport, Alberta, after fleeing their city of 20,000 people that is now surrounded by flames. Evacuees are registered as soon as they land in Calgary's domestic flight terminal, some arriving with their pets. The fire is about 15 kilometers from Yellowknife and could reach the city over the weekend, authorities warned, especially as weather conditions hampered the work of firefighters. IMAGES
Aerial shots from August 10, 2023, show the devastation in Lahaina after wildfires tore through the island of Maui, in the US tourist paradise of Hawaii. The fast-moving fires have claimed at least 36 lives, according to officials. Earlier Thursday, President Joe Biden declared the fires a "major disaster" and unblocked federal aid for relief efforts, as residents said they needed more help and feared it would take years for the town to recover. IMAGES
Images of a fire at an industrial site in the port of La Rochelle, western France. According to the Charente-Maritime prefecture, the fire broke out at around 8.00 am on a cereal loading conveyor belt, which carries the grain to the top of the silos, at a height of 40 metres. IMAGES
Smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to shroud US cities in a noxious haze. Residents in the US capital awoke to an acrid smell and orange-tinged skies, with the Environmental Protection Agency rating parts of the mid-Atlantic region at "Code Maroon," the highest category of the Air Quality Index, signaling hazardous conditions. IMAGES
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