Was Your Trip to Europe Affected by Heat or Wildfires? Tell Us About It.

Have you had to cancel, reschedule or replan a trip to France, Spain or elsewhere because of raging fires or stifling heat? If so, we want to hear from you.

By The New York Times

Europe braces for wave of wildfires as prospects rise for ‘overload’

Greece, Italy and parts of central Europe are the most vulnerable in coming weeks, officials warn

Firefighters and volunteers team up against the flames: 'We can't do anything without them'

Volunteers are growing frustrated with the difficulties they face accessing critical areas due to the inflexibility of law enforcement. Firefighters, on the other hand, speak of their crucial assistance.

Will brutal wildfires force French leaders to take climate crisis seriously?

Campaigners worry politicians will have moved on by time of elections in which Marine Le Pen is expected to challenge As dozens of forest wildfires burned across France this week amid the summer’s fourth brutal heatwave and increasing air pollution, some wondered whether voters’ first-hand experience of the climate emergency would change the political debate ahead of next year’s presidential election. The Green leader, Marine Tondelier, who cut short a tour of France on medical advice that at...

By Angelique Chrisafis

Europe’s heating climate sparks ‘major intensification’ of fires: Report

Climate change has helped southern Europe's likelihood of wildfires double since 1981, say researchers.

Climate change made France, Spain wildfire conditions far more likely, scientists say

Researchers warn that hotter, drier conditions are making severe wildfire seasons increasingly frequent across Europe.

By FRANCE 24

Climate change made deadly France and Spain wildfires far more likely, study finds

Human-caused global warming made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires at least twice as likely in south-western France and at least 20 times as likely in central Spain

By Stuti Mishra

Climate change made 'fire-prone' weather conditions more likely in Spain and France, scientists say

George Clooney and Amal Clooney flee their luxury French home due to wildfires

Turkey battles wind-fuelled wildfires on tourist coasts

Turkey battles wind-fuelled wildfires on tourist coasts

Millions exposed to wildfire pollution in France, Spain

Wildfires in France and Spain have exposed millions of people to health-damaging air pollution over the last few days, scientists have said.

‘I didn’t know if I would die from fire, ash or from drowning in the sea’ – people flee wildfires as Greece prepares for ‘difficult days’

Spain downgrades emergency level as two arrested in France on suspicion of arson

By Yves Herman, Lefteris Papadimas and Emma Pinedo

Our View: How much development is too much?

Huge development projects – both public and private – are being planned all across Cyprus. In the Polis area, the Cyprus Ports Authority is proposing the expansion of Latchi port, which environmental group Opok has called “the beginning of the end for Chrysochou Bay”. In Moni, just outside Limassol, a record land deal worth €55 […]

France, Spain Eye Wildfire Reprieve As Other Blazes Start Up In Europe

France and Spain on Thursday glimpsed a reprieve from some of the worst wildfires in living memory, which have sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing -- among them Hollywood...

Wildfire rages on Crete as strong winds and dense smoke hamper firefighting operations

A fire department spokesperson said the blaze ‘has not yet been contained, there are still many hotspots’.

George and Amal Clooney flee luxury French home due to wildfires

‘Amal and I are committed to making sure that whatever happens to our village, we are part of this community and we'll be part of making it whole,’ actor George Clooney writes to Brignoles Mayor Didier Bremond

By Reuters

Gusts above 100 km/h today and Fire Alert issued: Weather pattern expected during the first days of August

Northern winds reaching 8 Beaufort in Attica – Temperatures to remain high The post Gusts above 100 km/h today and Fire Alert issued: Weather pattern expected during the first days of August appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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