Natural disasters - TASS

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At least 22 people killed in India’s severe monsoon rains — newspaper

Nine people killed, 11 missing after heavy rains in Philippines — news agency

Number of people injured in Japanese earthquake rises to 52

Magnitude 6.1 quake jolts Tokyo area

Yakutia forest fires almost completely extinguished — deputy emergencies minister

To date, wildfires have scorched over seven million hectares

Yakutian district says all local fires extinguished

One of the largest divisions of firefighters that operated in the region is steadily being withdrawn from the taiga

Forest fires in Russia’s Bashkortostan region swell to nearly 1,200 hectares

Firefighting activities involve 353 personnel and 76 pieces of equipment

Wildfire in Central Russia spreads to 700 hectares — emergencies ministry

The ministry emphasized that currently there was no threat to populated communities

Eleven wildfires scorching 42,000 hectares put out in Russia’s Sakha region in 24 hours

Firefighting activities involve over 4,900 personnel and 869 pieces of equipment

Area of wildfires in Russia surpasses 1.5 mln hectares — Aerial Forest Protection Service

The firefighting effort involves 8,455 people and 1,501 units of various equipment, as well as 62 monitoring and 10 extinguishing aircraft

14 villages in wildfire risk zone in Yakutia — emergencies ministry

According to Deputy Emergencies Minister Alexander Chupriyan, the fire situation in Yakutia remains very tense

Forest fires affect more than 7 million hectares in Yakutia — forestry agency chief

According to Ivan Sovetnikov, forest fires have swept 2-3% of Yakutia’s forests

Interregional emergency introduced in Yakutia, Irkutsk Region

According to data of the federal Air Forest Protection Center, fires in Yakutia cover the area of 1.38 mln hectares and in the Irkutsk Region — 119,914 hectares

Serbia plans to buy two Russian Ka-32 firefighting helicopters — President Vucic

Vucic noted that Serbia now had helicopters capable of taking only one tonne of water, while Ka-32 helicopters could carry up to five tonnes of water