Firefighters face a race against time as Europe braces for more extreme heat
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Massive wildfires in France and Spain have forced more than 320,000 evacuations as firefighters battle dangerous conditions ahead of another forecast heat wave.
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Massive wildfires in France and Spain have forced more than 320,000 evacuations as firefighters battle dangerous conditions ahead of another forecast heat wave.
Spain lifted evacuations for Avila province, a day after doing so in parts of the Madrid area. To the north in France, temperatures rose again, with extreme heat warnings in much of the country, including Gironde.
Authorities fear progress in containing the fires in the Gironde and Madrid regions may be set back by temperatures expected to hit the low 40s in Brussels The European Union’s crisis-management team is expecting difficult weeks ahead, fearing a further outbreak of wildfires in Italy and Greece as t…
Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely The extreme heat and drought stoking huge wildfires in Spain and France were made far more likely by the climate crisis, a scientific analysis has found.
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