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A heat wave is currently affecting Europe. Coupled to drought, they are Ione of the vectors of major fires. A phenomenon that is happening earlier and earlier due to climate change, and from which southern Europe is particularly affected.
Portugal is in the grip of fires. Facing walls of flames, nearly 3,000 firefighters are mobilized. The inhabitants also try to fight on their own. Monday, July 11, and for three days, the flames have been progressing. A resident watches helplessly as his house goes up in smoke. Closer to the forest, another house was devastated.
Croatia is also suffocating, in the same hellish setting. Faced with a gigantic fire, the inhabitants try to contain the flames, helped by water bombers barely visible in a sky of smoke. In Spain, overwhelming heat is also hitting the inhabitants. He does 40°C from the morning. In the United Kingdom, the beaches are taken by storm. Here, the exceptional temperatures still make tourism professionals smile. Faced with heat stroke, the emergency services are on alert. The heat wave will continue to sweep across Europe this week.
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