‘Climate change affects everyone’: Europe battles wildfires in intense heat - BusinessWorld Online

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Authorities across southern Europe battled on Sunday to control huge wildfires in countries including Spain, Greece, and France, with hundreds of deaths blamed on soaring temperatures that scientists say are consistent with climate change.

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Shocked residents watching thick plumes of smoke rising above the central western Jerte valley said the heat was making their previously green and cool home more like Spain’s semi-arid south.A study published in June in the journalconcluded it was highly probable that climate change was making heatwaves worse.

Fires were raging in several other regions including Castille and Leon in central Spain and Galicia in the north on Sunday afternoon. Firefighters stabilized a blaze in Mijas, in Malaga province, and said evacuated people could return home. In France, wildfires have now spread over 11,000 hectares in the southwestern region of Gironde, and more than 14,000 people have been evacuated, regional authorities said on Sunday afternoon.France issued red alerts, the highest possible, for several regions, with residents urged “to be extremely vigilant.”

Britain’s national weather forecaster issued its first red “extreme heat” warning for parts of England. Rail passengers were advised to only travel if absolutely necessary and to expect widespread delays and cancellations.Around 1,000 firefighters tried to control 13 forest and rural fires in the center and north of Portugal, the largest being near the northern city of Chaves.

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