Weather developments in Landes region 'not really favourable', says prefect

Approximately 23,000 people have been evacuated from the Landes region between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, the region's prefect has said. Gilles Clavreul tells the press during an update this afternoon that there is an evacuation under way in Parentis-en-Born and 8,000 people are expected to be moved as a result. The region also includes the area near the town of Biscarrosse, which has been affected by the fires - it does not include the fire in Cap Ferret. He says 500 firefighters ha