HEAT, DROUGHT, WILDFIRES: CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERCHARGES DISASTERS IN EUROPE

Parts of Western Europe are experiencing some of their worst wildfires in modern history amid one of the continent’s hottest-ever starts to the summer—during a severe drought. These weather extremes are interconnected as dry and hot conditions fuel worsening flames, particularly in France and Spain.

Inside Climate News reports that parts of Western Europe are experiencing some of their worst wildfires in modern history amid one of the continent’s hottest-ever starts to the summer—during a severe drought.

The report adds: These weather extremes are interconnected as dry and hot conditions fuel worsening flames, particularly in France and Spain.

Roughly 330,000 people there have been forced to flee their […]

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