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Portugal's Pinhal Interior shows why fire and floods are part of the same cycle

Portugal's Pinhal Interior shows why fire and floods are part of the same cycleWorldPing

Across southern Europe, increasingly extreme heat, wildfire and intense rainfall are forcing planners to consider how one event can alter the risk of the next. Portugal's exceptionally wet winter and another summer of wildfire risk are an example of this.

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