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San Francisco, Sep 9 (EFE).- The skies over the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday turned foreboding dark orange as historic wildfires across California sent thick smoke into the air. More than 40 wildfires are burning on Wednesday in California, 20 of them designated by authorities to be "big fires," in the state's worst-ever fire season.In all, more than 7,600 fires have been detected in California since the beginning of the year, and up to September some 2.3 million acres of forest and grassland have burned, according to the latest tally by the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Camera: MARC ARCAS).SHOT LIST: ORANGE, SMOKE-CHOKED SKIES OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA, US.
San Francisco, Sep 9 (EFE/EPA).- The skies over the San Francisco Bay Area on Wednesday turned foreboding dark orange as historic wildfires across California sent thick smoke into the air. More than 40 wildfires are burning on Wednesday in California, 20 of them designated by authorities to be "big fires," in the state's worst-ever fire season.In all, more than 7,600 fires have been detected in California since the beginning of the year, and up to September some 2.3 million acres of forest and grassland have burned, according to the latest tally by the office of Gov. Gavin Newsom. (Camera: JOHN MABANGLO).SHOT LIST: ORANGE, SMOKE-CHOKED SKIES OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA, US.
People look on as firefighting helicopters work to contain the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, now blanketed in a smoky haze. Across British Columbia, some 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate while 36,000 others have been told to prepare to leave if necessary. IMAGES
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets New York City, with the One World Trade Center partially obscured by the smog. Cities along the US East Coast have issued air pollution warnings, while the devastating fires in Canada have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares of land. IMAGES
A thick sheet of orange dust blankets the capital Baghdad as the eighth duststorm since mid-April hits Iraq, which has been battered by soil degradation, intense droughts and low rainfall linked to climate change. IMAGES
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).
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