Wildfire in France Rages Near Bordeaux, a Famed Wine City

A blaze sweeping the countryside of southwestern France drew close enough to worry officials in the city of some 270,000 people.

By Jonathan Wolfe

France fires: 'What burns is not just forests, but a way of inhabiting the land that is no longer possible'

The philosopher Cynthia Fleury and the Socialist mayor of Saint-Médard-en-Jalles in southwestern France Stéphane Delpeyrat-Vincent argue that, in the face of unprecedented fires sweeping France, preparedness could become more than a technical way to adapt, but a democratic act.

Ella Baron on the wildfires in France and Spain – cartoon

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By Ella Baron

Heatwave drives major wildfires across North Africa

Extreme heat is fuelling wildfires across North Africa, with major fires burning in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.

France wildfires creep toward wine city of Bordeaux

A raging wildfire in southwest France forced the evacuation of 55,000 people overnight Sunday, bringing the total forced out of their homes to a staggering 220,000 in one region alone as flames crept ever closer to the wine region city of Bordeaux.

Typhoon Noul: Shenzhen girl, 6, blown away by gale, runs back to safety

As Typhoon Noul barrelled into southern China on Sunday with winds reaching 160km/h (99mph), violent gusts ripped a cot from indoors and flipped it over several metres away, sending the child inside flying to the ground. Hongxing News, a Chinese media outlet, reported that a six-year-old girl lying in her cot in the southern city of Shenzhen was blown from inside a building onto the grass verge outside. Footage released by Hongxing showed a ground-floor grocery shop being battered by the gale...

By Yuanyue Dang

Wildfires in France: French farmers provide water tankers to help fight fire

"Civilian farmers are trying to help firefighters by bringing in tankers of water to keep their hoses running," FRANCE 24 reporter Luke Shrago said, reporting from Lège-Cap-Ferret, where one of the largest forest fires France has seen since WWII is still blazing.

By FRANCE24

‘I smell like I’ve been in a barbecue’: Bordeaux resident explains what life in city is like as wildfire edges closer

Skies filled with smoke and the smell of fumes fill the city of Bordeaux as residents struggle to sleep and breathe amid raging wildfires

By Maira Butt

Baby crib sent flying, 800,000 flee: Typhoon Noul hits China; scary visuals emerge

Typhoon Noul made landfall in southern China's Guangdong province early Sunday. More than 800,000 people were relocated to safer areas in Guangdong. Hong Kong experienced significant transport chaos with hundreds of flights cancelled. Dramatic videos of the storm's impact quickly went viral on social media. The typhoon weakened inland but heavy rain threats continue through Tuesday.

By TOI WORLD DESK

Southern China faces torrential rain, floods after Typhoon Noul makes landfall

Flash floods are expected in parts of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and southeastern Xinjiang from Sunday evening through Monday evening.