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Wildfire prompts emergency in Harmanli, Bulgaria

A state of emergency has been declared due to raging wildfire in Harmanli municipality of southern Bulgaria on Thursday. Wildfire has affected Mladinovo, Dripchevo, Oryahovo and Izvorovo villages, Sofia News Agency reported.

Grenada's underwater volcano Kick 'em Jenny rumbles — No tsunami warning issued

The alert level for Grenada's underwater volcano Kick’em Jenny has been raised from yellow to orange, the Seismic Research Center of the University of the West Indies mentioned. Orange level indicates that the eruption may begin with less than twenty-four hours notice. All regional governments have been alerted through Disaster Coordinators and Venezuelan diplomatic mission. Similarly, the local radio stations in Grenada, St. Vincent, Barbados and Trinidad have been placed on alert.

Rains, landslides in Azad Kashmir kill 9

Volunteers evacuate marooned people after heavy rains in a suburb of Peshawar (AP/Dawn) Torrential rain and landslides in Azad Kashmir have killed atleast nine people, emergency officials said on Thursday. "Atleast nine people have been killed and seven others have been injured,” Dawn has written quoting Zaheer Qureshi, director general of the disaster management authority.