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Bosnia & Herzegovina - Bosnia and Herzegovina's major city of Tuzla, located 120 kilometers northeast of the capital Sarajevo, declared on Sunday a state of natural disaster due to floods. The heavy rains which have been falling since Thursday caused major rivers and streams to spill over and to flood some 60 residential objects, causing great material damage.

Wildfires

Wildfires - Washington, USA

Several wildfires lit up Washington state on Tuesday, destroying at least one home and threatening dozens of others.

In eastern Washington, a brush fire burned at least one property and forced a number of homes in a rural neighborhood to evacuate The fire scorched nearly 4 square miles east of Walla Walla near Blue Creek and Klicker Mountain.

In central Washington, another brush fire near the town of George also threatened 50 homes and led to brief evacuations Monday.

Yet another brush fire about 25 miles northeast of Seattle briefly closed U.S. Highway 2 in both directions near Monroe late Monday afternoon. It is burning just west of State Route 9.

Wildfires - Bosnia

Firefighters and villagers are struggling to keep raging wildfires away from homes in southern Bosnia and on the Croatian coast as temperatures reach 42 Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit).

Since the early morning hours Tuesday, residents of Bosansko Grahovo and Bileca are fighting the flames and have requested the help of the Bosnian Army.

In Croatia, authorities have evacuated a village on the Adriatic peninsula of Peljesac where a fire advancing along a 2-kilometre front has engulfed pine forests, vineyards and several houses.

Wildfires

Wildfires that started burning in the forests and bog lands of eastern Russia at the beginning of June 2012 are still burning unabated.

Wildfires burn across Bulgaria. The State is unable to handle with large extent of the fires and has asked for international help.

Villagers and firefighters throughout southern Bosnia are wrestling with devastating wildfires in a region that has seen record high temperatures and no rain for over two months.

Wildfires

Wildfires threaten town in north-east Bosnia. State of emergency declared.

At least 50 buildings, many of them homes have been destroyed by the northern California wildfires.

 

Wildfires

Wildfires in Bosnia-Herzegovina set off explosions in a Bosnian minefield left over from the 1990's war.

Wildfire rages through 1 000 year old monastery in Mount Athos, northern Greece. Hundreds of residents and tourists flee.