Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to serious fires caused by heat waves in Europe. Natural disasters have already engulfed France, Spain, Greece, and a number of other countries. In Portugal, the pilot of a fire plane died while working.
ShareAccording to France 24, since the beginning of the week, forest fires have destroyed thousands of hectares of land. The fire covered more than 10,000 hectares. According to the local fire and rescue service, 1,200 firefighters and 5 aircraft are still fighting the fire.
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According to the publication, since Tuesday, July 12, more than 14,000 people have been forced to flee the fire in emergency shelters. At the same time, nature is not going to stop: in the southern part of France, the air temperature will warm up to 41 degrees, in the north-west of the country – up to plus 35. New records are expected on Monday.
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In Portugal, more than 1,000 firefighters and volunteers are trying to save not only the forest, but also people’s homes, reports SkyNews. The fires started because the heat and drought came much earlier than usual.
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Fires in Portugal have already led to tragedy: while working in the north-east of the country, the pilot of a fire plane was killed.
In Spain, the fire covered more than 7,400 hectares of land. About 3,000 people had to be evacuated from Andalusian villages.
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Northern Italy is facing its worst drought in 70 years as the Po River near Turin dried up. Temperatures will reach 40 degrees over the weekend in many parts of the country. Colder, according to forecasts, will not become the next 10 days.
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In the near future, the heat may reach the UK. According to meteorologists, by Monday, with an 80 percent probability, the thermometers will rise to 38.7, which will be close to the absolute temperature record. People are already being warned to be as careful as possible. And local doctors, according to SkyNews, are sounding the alarm: hospitals, in their opinion, are completely unprepared for hell.
