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Bangkok, Mar 25 (EFE/EPA).-Thousands of foreign visitors to Thailand on Wednesday tried to return to their countries, before the state of the state of emergency decreed by the government to combat COVID-19 will come into effect on Mar 26. (Camera: DIEGO AZUBEL). FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLLS OF THE DEPARTURE HALL AND IMMIGRATION CHECKPOINTS AT THE SUVARNABHUMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN BANGKOK, THAILAND.
Faced with a series of earthquakes and signs of magma propagation underground, Icelandic authorities evacuated a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the southwest of the country on Saturday. They fear a volcanic eruption in the days to come. Emergency shelters and assistance centres have been opened in several nearby cities as our Science editor Julia Sieger explains.
Iceland has 33 active volcanic systems, the highest number in Europe, and thousands of tremors have been recorded since the end of October.
The government of Canada's Northwest Territories declared a state of emergency on Tuesday due to wildfires that have largely destroyed one remote community and are also posing a risk to territorial capital Yellowknife. The declaration gives authorities additional powers to respond to an emergency, and underscores the unparalleled damage wrought by blazes so far this year. FRANCE 24's Craig McCulloch reports from Vancouver, Canada.
Ethiopia's federal government on Friday declared a "state of emergency" as violent clashes escalate between the national army and local fighters from the northern region of Amhara. FRANCE 24's Clothilde Hazard reports.
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