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San Francisco, Sep 11 (efe-epa).- More than 500,000 of Oregon's 4.3 million residents have been forced from their homes by wildfires that prompted authorities to declare an emergency Friday in Portland, the state's largest city. (CAMERA: Peter DaSilva)
Russia's forest service says that six hard-to-reach forest fires were extinguished in the Krasnoyarsk region, with the estimated area of 4,731 hectares covered by fire. The operation involved 164 people and three units of ground equipment. An state of emergency has been declared throughout the Krasnoyarsk region. IMAGES
Wildfires outside the port city of Marseille devastate over 3,000 hectares of land, as officials say the blazes are no longer spreading but remain active.
Firefighters are battling a blaze that's threatening animal life in the Baikal-Lena Nature Reserve in a remote, southern region of Siberia. Gavino Garay reports.
Monsoon rains wash out villages in India's West Bengal state, forcing residents to flee. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).