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Spain continues to battle destructive wildfires even

Yahoo News UK · 2h

Spain continues to battle destructive wildfires even as heatwave eases

Spain was still battling several wildfires on Tuesday that have ravaged a record area of land, said to be more than twice the size of metropolitan London. The country has grappled with a 16-day scorching heatwave,

LA Times on MSN · 4h

Spain battles one of its most destructive fire seasons even as its heat wave eases

Air quality deteriorated across large parts of Spain over the past week as a result of the wildfires, data from the EU’s Copernicus climate monitoring agency showed. Smoke from the Iberian Peninsula fires reached France, the UK, and Scandinavia, it said.

The Independent · 10h

Spain battles record wildfires even as temperatures begin to fall

Europe has been warming twice as fast as the global average since the 1980s, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service. Scientists say that climate change is exacerbating the frequency and intensity of heat and dryness in parts of Europe, making the region more vulnerable to wildfires.

6 killed fighting fires in Spain and Portugal

The Irish Times · 2d

Iberian wildfires: Spain fighting to control 20 fires while eight blazes rage in Portugal

Southern Europe is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in 20 years, with Spain among the hardest-hit countries. In the past week alone, fires there have claimed three lives and burned more than 115,000 hectares, while neighbouring Portugal also battles widespread blazes.

Sky News on MSN · 1d

Nearly 2,000 soldiers fighting Spain fires - as part of famous pilgrimage route closed

Spain has deployed another 500 soldiers to battle wildfires that have spread across parts of the country in scorching conditions - taking the total to 1,900.

Yahoo News UK · 1d

Six killed fighting fires in Spain and Portugal as wildfires ravage peninsula

Six firefighters have died across Spain and Portugal as the Iberian peninsula grapples with devastating wildfires exacerbated by an enduring heatwave. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed across southern Europe in recent weeks to beat back a series of deadly blazes.

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Spain’s wildfires ignite political spat as government searches for solutions

Joaquín Ramírez of Technosylva, a Spanish company that specialises in prevention and response to wildfires, attributed this ...

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Spain suffers its worst wildfires on record as deadly infernos ravage area twice the size of London after two-week heatwave 'that has left 1,100 dead'

Official figures from the Carlos III Health Institute show there were 1,149 excess deaths in Spain from August 3-18.

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Spain wildfires: Urgent warning with 'extreme danger' in tourist hotspots

Locals and tourists in Spain have been warned about dangerous wildfires across the country - with popular tourist spots at ...

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Spain wildfires: decades of rural decline made the blazes worse, but robust local economies can prevent further destruction – here’s how

The key to preventing forest fires is creating a rural economy based on the use of forests. While this would generate ...

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Huge wildfires stabilising in Spain, cooler forecast fuels hope worst is over

By Nacho Doce and Guillermo Martinez GONDULFES, Spain (Reuters) -Wildfires raging in northern and western Spain have burned ...

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Spain deploys another 500 soldiers to tackle wildfires - as part of Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route closed

Up to 20 major wildfires are burning in total, the majority in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, while there are ...

10h

Spain suffers worst wildfires on record as area twice the size of London burns

Spain has endured the worst fire season on record, with devastating blazes continuing to destroy homes and land across the ...

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