NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 30 JULY 2012


TROPICAL STORM IN THE PHILIPPINES COST 3 HUMAN LIVES AND FORCED 14,000 PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES

MANILA - the capital in the Philippines - and several provinces in the north-east are partly under water after a tropical storm.

14,000 people have been forced to leave their homes.

3 people died during the past week-end according to the authorities in charge of disaster management.

The bad weather continued to TAIWAN.

The storm "SAOLA" ravaged in the Philippines since Saturday with wind gusts up to 135 km per hour and HEAVY RAIN.

Numerous rivers burst their banks. Trees were uprooted by strong winds.

Flights were cancelled - and many areas were without power / electricity due to power cuts.

Source: German ARDtext

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 31 JULY 2012


140,000 PHILIPPINES AFFECTED BY TYPHOON "SAOLA"- 8 KILLED

FLOODING, LANDSLIDES and ACCIDENTS have forced 140,000 Philippines away from their homes in the Philippines where a typhoon in the night between Monday and Tuesday has ravaged the northern part of the country.

The typhoon "SAOLA" has cost 8 human lives - so the news agency dpa.

The typhoon reached wind gusts of 120 km per hour, and the strongest winds reached 150 km per hour according to the meteorological institute in the Philippines.

Source: Danish text-tv / DR.DK/News

[Reilly]

You have 95% of the posts in this thread, I think if anyone's interested then they will be looking it up themselves, I don't see why this is a sticky.

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You have 95% of the posts in this thread, I think if anyone's interested then they will be looking it up themselves, I don't see why this is a sticky.

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It is correct that 95% of the posts in this thread was made by me, and that people can look it up themselves.

But sometimes I post news (almost) immediately after the news occurred.

And some coldplayers look here for latest news instead of having to look it up themselves in various media.

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 1 AUGUST 2012

150,000 EVACUATED IN THE PHILIPPINES

Enormous waves passed the dams and flooded several shanty towns outside the Filipino capital MANILA.

14 people have been confirmed dead after 4 days of storm and rain. 150,000 have been evacuated after the typhoon Saolo hit the northern parts of the country and reinforced the monsoon rain.

Worst hit are Manila and the areas around the capital housing a total of more than 15 million people.

It has rained up to 20 mm per hour according to the authority in charge of managing the disaster.

The typhoon is expected to move on to TAIWAN. The authorities here have closed several schools, cancelled flight departures and evacuated people from communities expected to get most of the very heavy rain anticipated.

Sources: Norwegian NRK News / Swedish SVT Text


119 DEATHS IN RELATION TO BAD WEATHER IN NORTH KOREA WITHIN 2 WEEKS

Last Sunday and Monday, 31 died in connection with thunder & lightning and heavy rain. 16 are reported missing.

This will most certain worsen the situation of provision further.

According to a United Nations report from the middle of July about 2 THIRDS (2/3) OF NORTH KOREA's 24.1.MILLION POPULATION DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.

Source: German text-TV from ZDF (ZDFtext)



WILDFIRES CONTINUE IN RUSSIA

Massive fires continue in Sibiria. The city of TOMSK is covered by smog according to eye witnesses who complained about having difficulties to breathe.

Russia has now had 3 months of continuous heatwave with very dry weather. This has destroyed a lot of the crops.

Source: German text-tv on ARD / ARDtext



SPANIARDS FLEEING WILDFIRE

Another wildfire has broken out in Spain. This time close to the city of Chequilla in Alto Tajo national park in the Castilla-la-Mancha region in central Spain.

Wednesday 265 people were evacuataed from their homes in the region as a precautionary measure if the fire should spread. Several hundred firefighters are participating in extinguishing by means of more than 70 fire vehicles.

It is very dry in the region.

Source: Danish TV2 News on 1.8.12 at 22:31

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 2 AUGUST 2012


WARNING OF CLOUDBURST IN THE TYPHOON'S TRAIL

The consequences of the typhoon SAOLA have been enormoust in both the PHILIPPINES and TAIWAN:

AT LEAST 23 HAVE DIED IN THE PHILIPPINES. THE TAIWAN DEATH TOLL IS AT LEAST 6.

The entire island of Taiwan was forced to close down to avoid even worse consequences of the typhoon.

The typhoon swept slowly across the islands and has now been downgraded to a tropical storm.

Meteorologists are still warning of cloudburst.

Source: Swedish text-TV / SVT Text


RED CROSS SENDS MONEY AID TO NORTH KOREA

After the bad weather and the floodings in North Korea the Red Cross has earmarked the equivalent of around 2 million Swedish kroner to relief work in North Korea.

According to a spokesman for the International Red Cross Committee the money is to be used for emergency aid for 2,500 hard-hit families.

The floodings have made more than 80,000 people homeless.

Thousands of hectares of agricultural land is under water.

The death toll is stated to be 119.

Even ten thousands of ton of equipment and coal have been swept away from coal mines in the affected areas.

Source: Swedish SVT Text

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 3 AUGUST 2012

http://www.coldplaying.com/forum/sho...37#post5377437

3 August 2012 Last updated at 01:54 GMT

UN: North Korea seeks immediate food aid after floods

The United Nations says North Korea has requested immediate food aid after devastating floods last month.

UN officials in Pyongyang said the need for aid was urgent after visiting flood-hit parts of the country to assess damage.

North Korea state media said that at least 119 people died and tens of thousands were left homeless.

Damage to infrastructure and farmland has affected the country's already dire food shortage problem.

The most badly affected areas are Anju city and Songchon County in South Phyongan Province, and Chonnae County in Kangwon Province, said the UN.

Residents in these areas are in urgent need of food supplies, as well as clean water, as wells have been contaminated by sewage during the floods.

A UN spokesman in New York confirmed that the North Korean government has asked the UN to release emergency supplies such as food and fuel.

Some international aid groups have already begun gathering supplies and donations. On Thursday, the Red Cross said it would allocate more than $300,000 (£193,000) for flood victims.

Recent images from Anju taken by state news agency KCNA showed houses underwater, flooded agricultural land and people sheltering in the upper stories of buildings.

Kim Kwang-dok, vice-chairman of the Anju City People's Committee, told the Associated Press news agency that the flooding was the worst in the city's history.

The floods - which followed a severe drought earlier this year - have sparked fresh concern over North Korea's struggle to feed its people, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.

North Korea relies on food aid because it cannot grow enough food to feed its people. Famine in the mid-1990s is believed to have killed hundreds of thousands of people.

A UN report released last month estimated that two-thirds of North Korea's 24m population suffer from a chronic shortage of food.

Sources: BBC and Norwegian NRK news + Swedish SVT Text


FILIPINO DEATH TOLL IN CONNECTION WITH THE TYPHOON SAOLA RISEN TO 39

Typhoon SAOLA with ensuing flooding has cost at least 39 human lives in the Philippines. Among the victims are several young people who were surprised by storm surges when they were surfing.

Cloudburst resulted in 1.8 m of rain. The storm ravaged with up to 155 km per hour.

The death toll may rise further as 2 people are missing in the northern part of the Philippines.

Regions in the northern and central parts of the country are still getting heavy rain.

The typhoon did not hit the Philippines directly, but it increased the intensity of the monsoon rain.

Sources: German text-tv / ARDtext and Swedish SVT Text


DEATH TOLL OF 44 (39 IN THE PHILIPPINES + 5 IN TAIWAN) AFTER TYPHOON SAOLA IN EAST ASIA

Thursday saw the tropical storm of DAMREY hitting TAIWAN. It lost its strength.

9 hours later it hit China's south-eastern province of FUJIAN as a tropical storm with 90 km per hour - so the news agency Xinhua News.

Source: Danish TV2 news (text-tv)


CARIBBEAN ISLANDS ARE PREPARING FOR TROPICAL STORM

The epicentre of the storm is moving towards the islands of Barbados, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, St. Lucia and Dominica.
It might develop into a hurricane.

Jamaica and Cuba may also be affected by this storm.

Source: German ZDFtext

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 4 AUGUST 2012


NORTH KOREA DEATH TOLL AFTER HEAVY RAIN AND ENSUING FLOODING RISEN TO 169

Heavy rain and ensuing flooding within the last couple of weeks have cost at least 169 human lives in North Korea according to local media.

More than 400 are missing in the worst hit areas of the poor and internationally isolated country.

Between 84,000 and 212,000 people have become homeless as a consequence of the flooding.

UN and other aid agencies have visited North Korea in order to estimate the possibilities of assistance. Corn, soya and rice fields have been damaged.

United Nations' World Food Program has sent acute food aid to the flood-affected areas in North Korea.

The affected population will initially get 400 g of corn per day for 2 weeks.

Ten thousands of families urgently need clean drinking water according to WFP.

The rain started at the end of June, and at the end of July the situation became grave.

Sources: Danish text-tv (DR.dk/news), Swedish SVT news, Norwegian NRK News and German text-tv (ARDtext)

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 5 AUGUST 2012


AT LEAST 31 DEAD AFTER HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING IN UTTARKHAND, NORTH INDIA

A total of 31 people have been confirmed dead in the north-Indian state of UTTARKHAND after heavy rain and massive flooding in the region.

It is the worst flood in Uttarkhand for 30 years.

Several houses, bridges and vast parts of the main road in the Uttarkashi district have been destroyed.

According to local media, between 15 and 40 persons are missing in Uttarkashi and the neighbouring districts of Chamoli and Garhwal.

About 2,000 people are affected by the flood according to estimates made by the authorities.

Source: Norwegian NRK


LANDSLIDES AFTER HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN TIROL

One woman has died in a landslide in Southern Tirol.

Cars were trapped in a tunnel and houses and the Brenner railway line were washed away by masses of mud and water after heavy rain.

Mud ran into a farm in Afens where a woman died according to Südtirol-Online.

A second woman whose farm was fully torn away remains missing.

About 150 people living near a brook with threatening high water level were evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Sources: German text-TV (ARDtext + ZDFtext)



WILDFIRES IN THE CANARIAN ISLAND OF LA GOMERA

A wildfire has reached the nationalpark Garajonay in the Canarian island of La Gomera.

The park has a unique natural landscape and is part of Unesco's world heritage. It is a European bird sanctuary.

The firefighters concentrate on preventing the flames from reaching populated areas.

600 inhabitants in various communities were evacuated as a precautionary measure.

Source: German text-TV (ARDtext)

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 7 AUGUST 2012


HUNDRED THOUSANDS FLEEING TYPHOON HAIKUI WHICH APPROACHES CHINA's EAST COAST / 200,000 PEOPLE EVACUATED IN SHANGHAI AND 130,000 IN PROVINCE ZHEJIANG

Typhoon Haikui is the third typhoon expected to reach China's east coast in one week.

Chinese media warn that it might be the worst storm since 2005, and it is expected to reach the coast in the Zhejiang province south of Shanghai no later than on Wednesday.

Last week-end 23 people were killed when 2 other typhoons named SAOLA and DAMREY hit China.

Sources: Swedish SVT Text and Danish TV2 News + German ZDFtext


UP TO 270,000 PEOPLE (MORE THAN 1/4 MILLION) FLEEING WATER MASSES THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES - CAPITAL MANILA HARD HIT WITH AT LEAST 53 DEAD. ALSO SEVERAL PROVINCES SURROUNDING CAPITAL MANILA HARD HIT. UP TO 70 DEAD THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA - the Filipino capital with 15 million inhabitants - is paralyzed by cloudbursts that have so far cost at least 53 human lives in Manila and maybe up to 70 human lives throughout the Philippines.

Cloudbursts and ensuing flooding have forced more than 250,000 (up to 270,000) away from their homes throughout the Philippines.

Half of Manila is under water. At least 20,000 people in Manila were forced by flooding to leave their homes for emergency camps according to the authorities. Schools, banks, government offices and work places have been forced to close as most main roads in Manila have been submerged / flooded.

More than one week of rain has forced close to 270,000 people to leave their homes throughout the Philippines.

The bad weather also triggered landslides. It is the worst weather since the disastrous flood 3 years ago when several hundred human lives were claimed / lost.

The weather service warns of more rain.

Source: Swedish SVT Text + German ZDFtext + ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News


WILDFIRES ON GRAN CANARIA, SPAIN UNDER CONTROL

Wildfires ravaged in Gran Canaria for 4 days and are now largely under control according to local authorities.

On the island of La Gomera the flames have consumed about 3,100 hectares of forest and wilderness.

The Garajonay national park housing 21 protected plant species has been considerably damaged.

The fires caused power cuts and telephone connections had problems.

One person is arrested according to the website canarias7.es.

Source: Danish DR News

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 8 AUGUST 2012

WEAKENED TYPHOON HAIKUI REACHED CHINA

Typhoon Haikui swept China's east coast Wednesday, but it was weaker than feared. It had wind gusts of up to 150 km per hour, and the waves along the coast are reported to have been up to 5 m high.

The weather service warned of strong winds and risk of enormous amounts of rain.

Several buildings have collapsed.

Almost 2 million people had been evacuated before the arrival of the typhoon - the third to hit China in only one week.

In the Shanghai region alone 374,000 people had been evacuated. In the neighbouring province Zheijang 1.5 million people had been evacuated.

The eye of the storm did not hit Shanghai (with many million inhabitants), but the air traffic was cancelled, and so were several trains.

The 2 previous typhoons that recently hit China had claimed at least 23 human lives.

Sources: Swedish SVT Text + Norwegian NRK news


HURRICANE ERNESTO SWEPT ACROSS MEXICO

Hurricane Ernesto swept across the Yucatán peninsula on Mexico's east coast with wind speeds / gusts of 40 m per second according to USA's hurricane centre in Miami, Florida. Before that it had passed the coastal town of Mahuahal as a hurricane with wind speeds of 140 km per hour.

The streets of the city of Chetumal were under water, and thousands of inhabitants and tourists sought refuge in the hurricane shelters that had been established.

Cancén (which is popular with the tourists) longer to the north experienced heavy rain. But no evacuation was ordered, but the tourists were urged to stay at their hotels.

From hotels on the Caribbean coast more than 1,300 tourists were evacuated to Chetumal on the border to Belize.

Ernesto was classified as a category 1 storm on the hurricane scale that has 5 categories of storm.

Source: German SVT Text + ARD Text


MAJOR PART OF FILIPINO CAPITAL MANILA UNDER WATER

The monsoon rain over Manila has weakened somewhat, but 800,000 remains hard hit by the water masses in the Filipino capital.

Rescue & aid workers transported food, water and clothing to the almost 850,000 needy in Manila during Wednesday.

About 60% of Manila is submerged / under water.

Yesterday - Tuesday 7 August 2012 - additional 11 deaths were reported - thus the heavy monsoon rain has so far claimed 64 human lives.

Source: Swedish SVT Text

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 9 AUGUST 2012


ALMOST 2 MILLION FILIPINOS AFFECTED BY FLOODING AND NEEDING HELP / AT LEAST 36 HAVE DIED / 80 PER CENT OF MANILA UNDER WATER


At least 36 people have lost their lives in the flooding ravaging the Filipino capital, MANILA and the surrounding areas. 80% of Manila is under water. 2 million of Filipinos are in need of help.

About 300,000 were forced to seek refuge from the water masses in emergency shelters. 1.4 million are dependent on supply of food and medicine.

The authorities are looking for voluntaries to distribute food, water and other stuff as i.a. medicine to those affected by the flooding.

The flooding has been caused by 2 weeks of non-stop monsoon rain.

MANILA - the capital with 15 million inhabitants - received one month of rain within only 48 hours.

In particular the poor quarters / districts of Manila are affected. The quarter Marikina City is very hard hit.
Million of people there have built houses along banks (of rivers) that are at risk of flooding.

The water has started receding.

Sources: German ZDFtext + ARDtext + Norwegian NRK News + Swedish SVT Text + Danish TV2 news


HEATWAVE AND WILDFIRES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE

South Europe experiences a heatwave with temperatures of 40 degrees Celsius and wildfires.

6 people were injured due to a wildfire on the Greek peninsula of Peloponnes.

In southwest Bulgaria more than 400 firefighters and voluntaries are fighting the flames.

There is a shortage of drinking water on the Balkan peninsula.

Spain is preparing for the culmination of a heatwave on Friday.

On the Croatian peninsula of Istria with hundred thousands people on holiday, Butoniga Dam is almost empty as main source of water.


Source: German ZDFtext

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 10 AUGUST 2012

60 PEOPLE DEAD IN THE PHILIPPINES

The death toll after heavy rains flooded most of the Filipino capital MANILA and parts of the neighbouring provinces has risen to 60 - according to the government today Friday.

6 remain missing.

The Filipino government has asked the outside world to help the country handle the disaster involving massive flooding that affected 2 million people.

The disaster was caused by Manila being hit by 48 hours of heavy rain. Manila received the same amount of rain that normally falls in one month.

Source: Danish TV2 NEWS

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 11 AUGUST 2012


AT LEAST 7 DEATHS IN CONNECTION WITH TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN MEXICO

The tropical storm "Ernesto" has claimed at least 7 deaths during its passage across Mexico.

2 fishermen drowned in the state of Tabasco according to the authorities. An 8-year-old-boy and his parents died in Veracruz as a strong wind caused a tree to fall upon their car.

A young woman drowned in a car that had been swept away by a flood. A man was struck by lightning.

"Ernesto" weakened during Friday.

But thestorm warning issued by the weather service remains in force .

Source: Danish TV2 News early on 11.8 + German XDFtext


FIRE ON THE SPANISH ISLAND OF LA GOMERA SURPRISINGLY FLARED UP AGAIN

A wildfire that was considered contained on the Spanish holiday island of Gomera has flared up again.

300 people have been evacuated from 7 villages and from a recreational activity / facility in the nationalpark of Garajonay according to the regional government for the Canarian Islands.

About 10% of the national park had been destroyed by the flames a few days ago. In the middle of the week the authorities had declared that the fire was contained.

The nationalpark Garajonay is part of the UNESCO world heritage.

Source: German ZDFtext


DEATH TOLL IN THE PHILIPPINES HAS RISEN TO AT LEAST 66 - 9 MISSING

The death toll has risen in the Philippines after the flooding.

At least 66 have died in the capital Manila and the areas surrounding the capital. 9 remain missing.

The northern Filipino islands have been under water caused by heavy monsoon rain since last week-end. Rivers have burst their banks. The streets are under water (more than 1 m high).

More than 2½ million are affected. More than 750,000 had to flee. 440,000 of these are now in emergency centres / camps.

According to the authorities not only policemen and military, but also thousands of civilians are involved in the clean-up operation in Manila after the massive floodings.

Sources: German text-tv (ARDtext) + Swedish SVT Text


THE DROUGHT IN THE USA HAS CAUSED MORE-THAN-EXPECTED DAMAGE TO CORN / MAIZE

The worst drought for 50 years has caused more-than-expected damage to the corn / maize crops in the USA.

One sixth (1/6) of this years crops has been destroyed during the last month of very hot and dry weather.

The US Ministry of Agriculture expects a 13% decline in the crops of corn / maize & soya beans.This result will be at the lowest level for 6 years.

This will cause the prices of the globally important crops to reach new record-levels. The cor / maize n price might increase to 8:90 dollars per bushel against the expected 6:40 in July.

Soya beans are expected to be traded for 15-17 dollars per bushel which is 2 dollars more than last month's prognosis.

USA is the largest producer in the world of corn / maize and soya beans.

Source: Norwegian NRK News (text-TV) + Swedish SVT Text + BBC World News (text-TV)

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NEWS IN RELATION TO NATURAL DISASTERS ON 11 AUGUST 2012


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19226500

11 August 2012 Last updated at 21:08 GMT

Iran earthquakes leave scores dead in Tabriz region

Two strong earthquakes have struck north-western Iran, leaving at least 180 people dead and more than 1,300 injured, officials say.

The quakes struck near the city of Tabriz and the town of Ahar, but most of the casualties are thought to be in outlying villages.

Reports say phone lines to many villages have been cut off, making rescue efforts harder.

The US Geological Service measured the quakes at magnitude 6.4 and 6.3.

The first tremor occured at 16:53 local time (12:23 GMT), according to state TV.

"The quake has created huge panic among the people," one resident of Tabriz told the BBC. "Everyone has rushed to the streets and the sirens of ambulances are everywhere."

The towns of Haris and Varzaqab in East Azerbaijan province were among those that suffered casualties, Khalil Saei, local crisis committee chief, told state TV, according to the Associated Press.

Officials say at least four villages have been completely destroyed, with another 60 villages suffering damage ranging from 50% to 70%.

'My family is terrified'

Dozens of rescue workers have been sent to the region, but the onset of darkness has hampered relief efforts. Phone communication in the city of Tabriz has also been disrupted, reports say

Officials warn that the death toll may rise, with rescuers searching under the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's office posted a statement on its website expressing condolences to those in the disaster zone and calling on authorities to "mobilise all efforts to help the affected populations," the AFP news agency reports.

A provincial official has warned people in the region to stay outdoors overnight because of the risk of aftershocks.

"My family is really terrified. It is night time now but we cannot sleep," Tabriz resident Amina Zia told the BBC.

"This earthquake was... very strong and violent.

"There were around 10 aftershocks, which lasted a total of 10 minutes."

The two earthquakes came within minutes of each other, according to seismology experts at Tehran University.

Iran straddles a major geological fault like, making it prone to seismic activity. In 2003 an earthquake in the city of Bam left 25,000 people dead.

This quake was also reported on Danish, German, Norwegian and Swedish text-tv



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19230635

11 August 2012 Last updated at 23:19 GMT

Fresh fires blaze on Spain's Canary Islands

Spanish firefighting teams in the Canary Islands are struggling anew to contain forest fires said to have forced some 4,700 people from their homes.

On the island of Tenerife, the blaze has cut road links and power lines.

On the neighbouring island of La Gomera officials say the fire has destroyed part of a nature reserve with "incalculable ecological value".

Spain has been hard hit by forest fires after its driest winter in 70 years.

Blazes are also raging in the mainland region of Galicia.

Fires first erupted on La Gomera a week ago, but by Monday the blaze was thought to be under control and aircraft used to help put out the flames had even been sent elsewhere, regional official Nancy Melo told the Associated Press news agency.

But on Friday the islands' government said the fire had now intensified, and a fresh blaze had begun on Tenerife.

About 2,500 people have been evacuated on La Gomera, along with some 2,200 people on Tenerife, the Agence France-Presse news agency quoted the regional government as saying.

'Decades to recover'

On La Gomera, the flames have devoured some 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of land, AFP said.

That includes a tenth of the Garajonay nature reserve, a Unesco World Heritage site, some of which is believed to have been in existence for millions of years. Officials have already said it will take at least three decades for the burned areas of the reserve to recover.

Firefighters battling the blazes were up against "high temperatures, low humidity and wind" fanning the flames, regional economy minister Javier Gonzalez Ortiz was quoted as saying.

The dry winter has been followed by a scorching heatwave.

On the mainland, villages have been evacuated in the Galician province of Ourense as more forest fires rage out of control.