Record-breaking heatwaves and strong winds are fueling deadly wildfires across southern Europe, claiming lives, displacing thousands, and testing the region’s climate resilience.
Wildfires are raging across southern Europe, leaving destruction in their wake as record-breaking heatwaves and powerful winds drive flames through communities, forests, and farmland. The crisis has claimed lives in Spain, Greece, Albania, and Turkey, forcing thousands to evacuate and testing Europe’s ability to respond to escalating climate emergencies.
A prolonged heatwave, with temperatures topping 45 °C in parts of Spain and France, has created tinderbox conditions across the Mediterranean. In Greece,
