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Greece battles wildfires as heatwave rages across southern Europe
Firefighters are battling several wildfires in Greece as a scorching heatwave wreaks havoc across southern Europe. In the past 24 hours alone, more than 152 new fires have broken out across Greece - and thousands of people have been evacuated. Around 4,850 firefighters are engaged in a multi-front battle to contain the flames.
A heat wave gripping parts of Europe sent temperatures over 109.4 degrees Fahrenheit — 40 degrees Celsius — in southern France and the Western Balkans on Monday.
Europe’s next heat wave is already building over the Iberian peninsula, potentially testing more temperature records after an unseasonably cool start to August.
Heat alerts were issued in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and the Balkans. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
But European cities appear to suffer more than cities in other rich regions even when peak temperatures are similar. Data from Kai Chen, of the Yale School of Public Health, and his colleagues shows ...
A heat wave gripping parts of Europe sent temperatures over 40 degrees Celsius (109.4 Fahrenheit) in southern France and the ...
Hundreds of firefighters battled to put out wildfires across southern Europe, some of which are believed to have been set ...
The dangerous heat is the result of a large high-pressure system drawing in warm, dry air over the Continent, and it could ...
Heatwave blanketing southern Europe are sparking blazes from Portugal to the Balkans with a major fire in Greece.
PATRAS, Greece,/MADRID (Reuters) -Wildfires fanned by a heatwave and strong winds continued to rage across southern Europe on ...
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