from gofa kalkidan yibeltal reports. this is the village in gowhar district, deep in southern ethiopia, that has been since the beginning of the week, a setting of tragedy. two landslides in consecutive days have claimed more than 200 lives, and many people here are mourning. others, like you see here, are still looking for their missing loved ones. many of the work is being done manually. there is a general sense of shock, disbelief and grief under these hills. most of the deaths occurred according to officials that we talked to during the second landslide. that was after several people from the local communities and even from neighbouring villages arrived here, rushed here to help save and rescue people who were buried during the first landslide. now, this is a fairly remote and underdeveloped area. to arrive here, we had to fly from the capital, addis ababa, to the largest city in the area, and after that we had to drive for more than five hours up these mountains. it's not easily accessible, and that remoteness appea

from gofa kalkidan yibeltal reports.in southern ethiopia, that has been since the beginning of the week, a setting of tragedy. two landslides in consecutive days have claimed more than 200 lives, and many people here are mourning. others, like you see here, are still looking for their missing loved ones. many of the work is being done manually. there is a general sense of shock, disbelief and grief under these hills. most of the deaths occurred according to officials that we talked to during the second landslide. that was after several people from the local communities and even from neighbouring villages arrived here, rushed here to help save and rescue people who were buried during the first landslide. now, this is a fairly remote and underdeveloped area. to arrive here, we had to fly from the capital, addis ababa, to the largest city in the area, and after that we had to drive

kalkidan yibeltal, bbc news, gofa.searchers at the european union's copernicus climate change service said that sunday, monday and tuesday were the three hottest days recorded on earth. guterres is calling for action to protect vulnerable people from the impact of heatwaves that's triggered extreme weather events. wildfires spread across northern california and western canada on thursday, forcing thousands to flee as firefighters fought the blazes. in northern california, more than 71,400 acres of land have been burned. a man suspected of starting the fire was arrested after he was seen pushing a flaming car into a ravine wednesday afternoon. in canada, a wildfire is ravaging the historic tourist town of jasper and the surrounding national park. roughly 25,000 people have been forced to flee. during a tearful press conference, alberta premier danielle smith said about 30 to 50% of buildings injasper may have been destroyed. for more, let's bring in brown university's director of environment and society, kim cobb. very

let's speak to our correspondent in addis ababa in ethiopia, kalkidan yibeltal.re the authorities saying? it rising fast so what are the authorities saying?- rising fast so what are the authorities saying? it is indeed risinu authorities saying? it is indeed risin: fast authorities saying? it is indeed rising fast and _ authorities saying? it is indeed rising fast and initially - authorities saying? it is indeed rising fast and initially the - authorities saying? it is indeed rising fast and initially the first| rising fast and initially the first figures that came out in the morning was around 55, later growing to 146 and now the latest figures that we haveis and now the latest figures that we have is 229 people that are confirmed to have died, and all these other bodies that have been retrieved from the mud by the local authority and rescue commission. the search and rescue efforts are currently under way and are being hampered by the topography of the area as well as heavy rain that is happening, and these are two separate landslides, the first one happened on