00:00And in France, a forest fire that consumed more than 4,000 hectares led to the evacuation of 10,000
00:06people.
00:06Two dozen towns in southwest France were evacuated as firefighters battled the rapidly spreading forest fire.
00:12The fire which broke out in the Treviac Massif in the Eastern Pyrenees Department remained out of control
00:18and about 700 firefighters supported by water tanker, planes and helicopters continued to battle the flames.
00:24The fire in which 16 people were injured, including firefighters, also interrupted the Tour de France.
00:29Organizers closed the French section of the third stage to the public.
00:39And Italy's National Fire Department continues to fight the fires in Cacliari.
00:43The worst problems were reported in Elmas.
00:46The flames approached homes and farms leading to the preventive evacuation of residents.
00:50The fire in Sardinia is occurring at a time when southern Europe is facing the highest risk of forest fires
00:56amid the early summer heat wave.
01:03Spain is one of the European countries with the highest risk of forest fires,
01:07and the main fire system usually runs from June to September.
01:12Things continue to work along the fire line while helicopters and airplanes drop water on the burning forest,
01:17and excavators can also be seen creating fire breaks in the terrain to slow the spread of fire.
01:21The European forest fire information system lists Spain among the European countries that have been reputedly affected by major forest
01:29fires in recent years.
01:36And monsoon rains in India live at least six dead after a building collapsed due to the flooding in the
01:41city of Mumbai.
01:42According to the country's authorities, of the six people who died five for children,
01:46while residents were trapped under rubble in the eastern part of the city.
01:50The Indian Medical Medical Department issued a red alert forecasting heavy rain and strong winds
01:54urging residents to stay inside their homes.
01:56This led to the closure of schools and universities, as well as the declaration of a preventive holiday.
02:08At least two people have died in China amid tropical rains brought by Typhoon Maizak,
02:13as two provinces of the country upgraded the flood alert to the highest level red warning on Tuesday.
02:19South China's Guangxi Swan Autonomous Region, a neighboring Guangdong Province,
02:23are the territories most affected by the storm, which has prompted the evacuation of 48,000 people.
02:27Going to the regional hydrology center, elevated water levels would persist in several river sections
02:33over the next 24 hours, increasing the danger of flooding.
02:36In this context, Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged all our efforts in organizing flood emergency rescue,
02:42disaster relief, treatment of the injured and resettlement of the affected people
02:46after multiple regions were hit by floods.
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