 wildfires have forced about 25 000 visitors out of jasper national park the largest in the canadian rockies 24 major fires are burning across oregon in record-breaking dry conditions and in east asia typhoon gamey is a big storm on the mountainous northeast coast of taiwan they are already feeling its effect with torrential rains lashing the city of elan and major highways closed the bbc's rupert wingfield hayes at least one person has been killed