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Wildfires Burn Across Europe as Countries Including Spain and Turkey Hit 40C
Wildfires in Southern Europe have led to thousands of evacuations and over 700 firefighters battling flames amid record-breaking heat, with temperatures surpassing 40C in several regions.
- A severe heatwave is gripping southern and central Europe in August 2025, with temperatures soaring above 40C in France, Spain, and Greece while wildfires spread across multiple countries.
- This heatwave is part of a pattern where Europe's temperature increase since the 1980s has been occurring at double the rate of the global average, contributing to unprecedented drought conditions and heightened wildfire threats.
- Authorities ordered evacuations of thousands in Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Albania, deployed nearly 1,000 soldiers, and closed Turkey's Dardanelles Strait for firefighting aircraft operations.
- The crisis caused at least one man to die from burns over 98% of his body in Spain and a child to die of heatstroke in Italy, with dozens hospitalized from smoke exposure.
- These conditions underscore Europe's vulnerability to climate change, as scientists warn that warming intensifies heat, dryness, and longer wildfire seasons across the Mediterranean.
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