this is the damage at one hotel in the town of kiotari. and some fires are still burning these pictures have come into us from the turkish ministry of agriculture, taken from one of their planes, which is helping to fight the blazes. well, many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this, after being evacuated from hotels. others have been forced to gather in public buildings, like halls and schools. these images are coming from journalist katy dartford, who is in corfu. i spoke with her a short time ago. thank you so much for being with us. now, i did see a photo that you did actually post on twitter, close to where you are. the wildfire on the horizon. i mean, it must be quite terrifying. what is the situation where you are currently? situation where you are currently? situation where you are currentl ? ~ ., ., currently? werderl am in corfu town, currently? werderl am in corfu town. which currently? werderl am in corfu town. which i currently? werderl
taken from one of their planes, which is helping to fight the blazes. well, many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this after being evacuated from hotels. others have been forced to gather in public buildings like halls and schools. 0ur correspondent jenny hill is in rhodes. 0ver over 250 firefighters have spent the day desperately trying to bring the fire under control, but tonight they have reported what they describe as large flare ups on all three fronts of that fire. you can probably see how windy it is right now. that wind is expected to strengthen significantly. that s going to make their task much more difficult, and indeed much more dangerous. you mentioned too that, at the same time, fire has also broken out on the island of poku of corfu in the north, forcing the evacuation of several settlements there, and as if that won t end up, this region, southern europe, is expected to be had by yet another heat wave in the coming days. so, very diffi
come into us from the turkish ministry of agriculture, taken from one of their planes which is helping to fight the blazes. well, many people spent the night in temporary accommodation like this after being evacuated from hotels. others have been forced to gather in public buildings like halls and schools. these pictures are from journalist katy dartford, who is in corfu. i spoke with her a short time ago. katy, thank you so much for being with us. now, i did see a photo that you did actually post on twitter, close to where you are, the wildfire on the horizon. i mean, it must ve been quite terrifying. what is the situation where you are currently? well, i am in corfu town, which i would say is maybe ten to 15 kilometres away from where the wildfire is actually happening, but i can see it directly from my window it s going on right behind me now at the moment, but it s a bit too dark to see. i would say i first started seeing little glimmers in the background about nine o c
and another unexplained death involving russian oligarchs: the sausage tycoon pavel antov has been found dead at an indian hotel. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms sweeping across north america. the city of buffalo in new york state has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. at least 28 people have died there. president biden has approved financial support for the state. here s our north america correspondent nada tawfik. while the worst is over in buffalo, they are not out of this yet. in fact, it will still snow for several hours. the city is expecting another 13 centimetres, but this has been described as a once in a generation storm. we have heard from numerous people how they have never experienced anything as bad, hurricane force winds, near wipe out conditions in the city, and the priority at the moment is, of course, trying to dig out the residents. i mean, vehicles have been buried, the death toll is over 20 people right now, emergency respond