Wildfires still burning in France and Spain amid fears of more to come

Europe's warming climate intensifies fires in France and Spain, scorching forests and threatening more communities.

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'Spain expects solidarity' as it grapples with aftermath of Ceuta migration surge

Most of the estimated 60,000 people who rushed into Ceuta have returned to Morocco since the territory's largest mass migrant crossing. Spanish authorities reported at least 72 deaths on August 2.

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After the fires, France's touristy southwest reckons with their economic fallout

With one of the worst wildfires in French history gradually being brought under control in southwestern Gironde region, life is slowly returning.

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‘Water bombers’ take to skies as Greece battles wildfires

More than 12,000 hectares of forest and agricultural land have burned over the past week, according to analyses from the European Union’s Copernicus Earth observation programme…

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Virulent wildfires raze entire neighbourhoods in Washington state

At least 600 buildings have been destroyed in wildfires in the US state of Washington. One of 15 fires currently burning tore through the state's second-largest city Spokane.

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Dangerous summers: How heatwaves and wildfires change life across Europe

Climate change makes Europe's summers hotter, intensifying fires and droughts while threatening lives and economies.

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