Natural disasters
More than 350,000 hectares have been burned in forest fires in Spain since the beginning of August
There are still about 20 active foci in Castilla León, Galicia and Extremadura, and the wind is making it difficult to extinguish the fire at various points, while the rain that has fallen in the last few hours in northern León has helped to control the flames around the Peaks of Europe. On the other hand, the firefighters displaced from the ACV have taken their way home.
Euskadi fire helicopter shows aerial footage of the Castile and Leon disaster
Extinction work is currently under way in the municipality of Fasgar (Leon), where thousands of hectares of fire have been burned, with a capacity of 1,000 litres.
Nearly 400 000 hectares have been burned in forest fires in Spain since the beginning of the year, most of them in August
According to data released this Wednesday by the European Union programme Copernicus, the European Fire Information System (EFFIS), the area burned in 2025 is significantly higher than the 42 615 hectares burned in 2024 in 219 forest fires.
More than 700 people have died in Pakistan as a result of the floods, and dozens are missing
Since the start of the monsoon season, 706 people have died as a result of heavy rains in Pakistan, according to the latest official data. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has pledged to protect the affected areas and has announced that members of his cabinet will donate a month's salary to finance relief work.
This is how the ACV and Navarre firefighters contribute to the extinction of forest fires in Spain
A total of 58 firefighters from the Basque Autonomous Community (CAV) have travelled to Castilla y León to assist in the control of forest fires following the Board's request for assistance to the Basque Government, while 24 professionals from Navarra have travelled to Asturias.
Unprecedented flood of fires: more than 344,000 hectares burned, thousands evacuated and four killed
Around a thousand people in León have protested against the management carried out so far and have called for resignations, as well as the declaration of level 3 emergency, so that the management would be transferred from the Junta de Castilla y León to the Spanish Government.
More than 50 ACV firefighters have moved to Castilla y León to help control forest fires
In particular, the measure was taken after the Junta de Castilla y León requested assistance from the Basque Government Eusko Jaurlaritza, thus joining the helicopter recently sent to help put out the fires.
One firefighter has died and another has been injured in a fire in Leon
Thus, four people have already died as a result of the fires on the Iberian peninsula, three of them in the province of León, where the fourth victim died on Tuesday from burns in Tres Cantos (Madrid).
Fire out of control in Galicia, Castile and Leon and Extremadura: thousands of hectares burned and evacuated
More than 320 people have died in Pakistan in floods caused by heavy rains
At least 320 people dead Northof Pakistan caused by sudden rains Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has been the most battered province, with most victims and dozens missing.
A second volcano erupts in eastern Russia after an 8.8 degree earthquake
The Krasheninnikov volcano, located on the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka, erupted this Sunday after hundreds of years of inactivity and after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale on Wednesday, with more than 10 notable earthquakes in the area over the past 24 hours.
Normalcy in the Pacific after reducing tsunami risk
Russia cancels the tsunami alert and remains alert in Central and South America, although alarms have been removed in most cases.
An earthquake has hit the entire Pacific, and tsunami alerts have been activated in several countries
The 8.8-degree landslide has had its epicenter in the Russian region of Kamchatka: alerts have been activated in China, Japan, the US or Mexico.
82 people have already died from floods in Texas
In Kerr, 68 people have been killed, and 14 others in nearby counties. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has reported at least 41 missing.
The floods have left at least 25 dead and dozens missing in Texas
The Guadalupe River has overflowed in central and southern Texas, and in addition to 25 deaths, there are a large number of missing persons, including 23 underage children participating in a Christian town hall organized for girls. Aandera, Cope, Comal, Concho, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, McCullouch, Menard, San Saba and Tom Green.