Thousands of people have been evacuated on the Greek island of Crete as wildfires fanned by strong winds menace tourist resorts and villages. Around 8,000 peo…

Thousands of shoppers and store employees, quickly evacuated by staff after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, watched in horror as an explosion ripped through Kumamo…

Uganda has evacuated more than 1,100 of its citizens from South Africa after a surge in xenophobic violence forced many to flee homes and businesses they had b…

Spanish authorities have allowed thousands of people evacuated because of wildfires to return to their homes after restrictions were lifted in the areas of Tol…

French firefighters are still battling major wildfires in the southwest of the country, that have already ravaged 42,000 hectares. Thousands have been evacuate…

Wildfires near Bordeaux, France, have caused widespread panic, with flames just 15 kilometers from the city and over 300,000 people evacuated across France and…

Spain has declared a national emergency due to devastating wildfires fueled by extreme heat and drought, prompting evacuations in both Spain and a tourist area…

Spanish authorities said they planned to start to allow some people evacuated from wildfires near Madrid to return on Monday, in a sign of progress in fighting…

Firefighters battle to contain wildfires still burning near Bordeaux Wildfires in southwestern France are continuing to burn near the city of Bordeaux. Tens o…

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Blazes raging in parts of France and Spain show no sign of abating and have forced more than 360,000 people to leave their homes, after successive stifling sum…