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The two gigantic fires that have been raging since 12 July in Gironde (south-west France) have burnt more than 19,000 hectares of forest and forced the evacuation of 34,000 people, according to the sub-prefect of Arcachon, Ronan Léaustic. SOUNDBITE
Houston, Aug 26 (EFE).- Authorities in the US states of Louisiana and Texas ordered more than 500,000 people to evacuate ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Laura, which is expected to be packing winds of 230 km/h (145mph) when it makes landfall Wednesday night.The storm is expected to strike the coast near the border between the two states and one of the towns that lies in Laura's projected path, Lake Charles, Louisiana, is an important oil industry hub.FOOTAGE SHOWS B-ROLL OF LOUISIANA UPON THE ARRIVAL OF HURRICANE LAURA.
Plumes of smoke rise above the now-evacuated fire-ravaged village of Kiotari on the Greek island of Rhodes as the blazes continue to ravage the island for a fifth consecutive day. Thousands of locals and tourists fled the Aegean island over the weekend in what authorities called the country's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. IMAGES
More than 1,000 European Union citizens were evacuated from conflict-hit Sudan over the weekend, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says. "It has been a complex operation and it has been a successful operation," Borrell tells journalists. SOUNDBITE
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