Inside the wildfire crisis raging across France and Spain | Explained
France and Spain are battling severe wildfires that have forced hundreds of thousands of evacuations amid record-breaking heatwaves. International aid has been mobilized to support local firefighting efforts as the crisis continues to destroy vast hectares of land.
Why it matters
The scale of these wildfires highlights the increasing threat of climate change and extreme weather events to European infrastructure and public safety.
The story so far : Southwestern Europe is witnessing one of its worst wildfire emergencies in decades. Since late July, untamed fires in France’s Gironde department and across three provinces west of Spain’s Madrid have driven over 325,000 people from their homes.
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