Mass-evacuation

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to convene an emergency cabinet meeting on Monday as a massive, unpredictable wildfire creeps within 15 kilometers (nine miles) of Bordeaux.Driven by blistering temperatures and erratic winds, massive wildfires continue to tear through France and Spain, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and pushing emergency services to their limits.Although Bordeaux Mayor Thomas Cazenave confirmed there are currently no plans to evacuate the city’s 850,000...

More than 300,000 people have been forced to leave their homes and move to safer places as devastating wildfires have raged across France and Spain for several days. Firefighters are struggling to contain the blazes as extreme heat and strong winds continue to spread the fires rapidly. In southwestern France, the fire is advancing toward the city of Bordeaux. Meanwhile, a state of emergency has been declared in Spain. The European Union has also warned that wildfire damage across Europe th...

Powerful Typhoon Bavi has made landfall in China, becoming the second typhoon to hit the country within a week. Nearly 2 million people have been evacuated from areas along the storm’s path to avoid potential damage. The nearly 1,000-kilometer-wide Typhoon Bavi first struck the coastal city of Taizhou on Saturday evening. It then made a second landfall in Wenzhou shortly after midnight, Chinese authorities said. Earlier, the storm battered several remote Japanese islands and brought hea...