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Wildfires in the hills of Southern California have burned through more than 100,000 acres in an around Ventura County, destroying more than 300 homes, business, and other buildings. Tens of thousands have been evacuated as over 1,100 firefighters fought to contain the blaze. Claire and Dennis Jenks were among those that fled the fire with little more than what they could carry. However, when they returned to their home of 40 years on Wednesday, all they found was a pile of smouldering remains.
Aerial images show two cars inside a giant sinkhole that opened up on Tuesday during the relentless storms ravaging California. According to local media, the passengers were rescued and hospitalized with minor injuries. Torrential downpours in the US state have caused flash flooding, closed key highways, toppled trees, and swept away drivers and passengers. IMAGES
Images of toppled trees and of a flooded street in Montecito as relentless storms are ravaging California, the latest bout of extreme weather that has left 14 people dead and prompted evacuation of the star-studded town home to Britain's Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle. IMAGES
Huntington Beach, Oct 3 (EFE/EPA).- A large oil spill from a platform in the pacific equivalent to about 3,000 barrels of oil is hitting southern California and threatening the shores of Huntington Beach, one of the most popular and famous coastal areas in the Golden State.The oil leak began Saturday at the Elly offshore platform, off Huntington Beach and has already thrown some 570,000 liters of oil into the sea, according to authorities, who already speak of this event as one of the worst natural disasters in this area " in decades." They have warned of its danger to the place’s flora and fauna.Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said the 3,000-barrel estimate is likely to fall short as the company responsible for the spill, Beta Offshore, is believed to have yet to fully stem the leak. (Camera: CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA). SHOT LIST: TAR ACCUMULATES ON THE SHORE AND CONTAMINATED SAND AFTER AN OIL SPILL OFF THE COAST OF HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, US.
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.
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