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Added on the 15/05/2024 03:14:23 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A radio station changed the town's welcome sign in a symbolic gesture for the first wildfire evacuees to return
A radio station changed the town's welcome sign in a symbolic gesture for the first wildfire evacuees to return
Residents of the southern city of Sderot board buses to evacuate to safer areas in Israel amid ongoing war against Hamas. Situated on the front lines near the Gaza border, Sderot was overrun by Hamas militants in their surprise attack on October 7 and is used to being targeted by rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. IMAGES
Firefighters scramble to contain a raging inferno northwest of Athens as Greece's emergency services continue to battle a steadily growing wave of wildfires around the country that has left 20 dead. Civil protection ordered the evacuation of Ano Liosia in northwest Athens, a district of over 25,000 people, with people from the neighbouring town of Fyli rushing to flee the advancing flames. IMAGES
Images show smoldering flames and roads packed with traffic as wildfires break out in West Kelowna, Canada. In British Columbia an evacuation order had already been put in place for the city, which was already under threat as more than 1,000 wildfires burn in the country as of Thursday. IMAGES