siren wails this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as south africa, with local resources stretched to the limit. in a nation used to forest fires, this countrywide crisis has reached a level never seen before. peter bowes, bbc news. a major storm is bearing down on mexico and southern california. mexico s government has placed 18,000 thousand soldiers on standby as hurricane hilary makes its way up the the pacific coast. it s been downgraded to a category two storm with winds still expected up to 110 miles an hour. in the us, the us national weather service has issued its first ever tropical storm warning for southern california. nearly 26 million people in the south western us are affected. the big worry is the huge amount of rainfall expected in areas that aren t used to it. the leader of niger s coup has warned against outside
over two days, almost the entire population of 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes. ..leaving the city by road and air to escape a fire encroaching on their community. officials said it had been an extraordinary achievement to get everyone out. the fire, caused by lightning a month ago, is still threatening the city although cooler conditions have slowed its progress. but gusty winds are forecast, and officials fear they could further propel the fire towards the city boundaries. siren wails this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as south africa, with local resources stretched to the limit. in a nation used to forest fires, this countrywide crisis has reached a level never seen before. peter bowes, bbc news.
towards the city boundaries. siren wails. this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as south africa, with local resources stretched to the limit. in a nation used to forest fires, this countrywide crisis has reached a level never seen before. peter bowes, bbc news. some shocking images there. in glasgow, thousands of musicians have been taking part in the 75th world pipe band championships. after two days of competition, it was peoples ford boghall and bathgate caledonia who took home the title. it s the band s first world championship win in their 52 year history and they faced tough competition from austria, australia, canada and the usa. i m sure it sounded louder if you were there. we get a sense of what
the fire, caused by lightning a month ago, is still threatening the city although cooler conditions have slowed its progress. but gusty winds are forecast, and officials fear they could further propel the fire towards the city boundaries. siren wails. this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far away as south africa, with local resources stretched to the limit. in a nation used to forest fires, this countrywide crisis has reached a level never seen before. peter bowes, bbc news. spain have won the women s world cup final, they beat england 1 0.
we need tourists and travellers to take this situation as seriously as the residents of these areas do. to the north, yellowknife the capital of canada s northwest territories is now a ghost town. over two days, almost the entire population of 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes leaving the city by road and air to escape a fire encroaching on their community. officials said it had been an extraordinary achievement to get everyone out. the fire, caused by lightning a month ago, is still threatening the city although cooler conditions have slowed its progress. but gusty winds are forecast, and officials fear they could further propel the fire towards the city boundaries. siren wails this is an epic struggle for firefighters. reinforcements have been brought in from as far