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Europe Struggles with Natural Disasters

Updated 2026-07-29 07:40 UTC 2 sources Negative

France is evacuating thousands due to wildfires, displacing over a third of a million people. Meanwhile, Japan faces a rising death toll after a powerful earthquake.

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NPR

France evacuates thousands as fires displace a third of a million in southwest Europe

French authorities ordered 4,000 more people evacuated from tourist sites along its Atlantic coast, widening what may be France's largest peacetime evacuation.

2026-07-29 07:22 UTC

The Guardian

Rescue teams face ‘race against time’ in search for trapped survivors as death toll in Japan rises to at least 13 – live updates

Emergency workers are continuing their search for survivors in southern Japan after yesterday’s powerful earthquake ‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams sear

2026-07-29 07:17 UTC