'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat

[Scott]

'Climate change affects everyone': Europe battles wildfires in intense heat

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• Climate scientists say heatwaves more frequent and more intense
• Hundreds of deaths attributed to the heat in Portugal
• Britain braced for hottest day on record
• Temperatures reached 45.7C in Spain in recent days

JERTE, Spain July 17 (Reuters) - 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.

In Spain, helicopters dropped water on the flames as heat above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and often mountainous terrain made the job harder for firefighters.

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.

https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/spain-portugal-battle-wildfires-heatwaves-scorch-southern-europe-2022-07-17/

 

 

[Denim]

What will planet earth be like 10 years from now I wonder ?

 

Not looking too good at the moment. Someone let the four horsemen out.