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Wildfires Rage Across France and Spain | Europe News
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France and Spain are reeling from catastrophic wildfires, with Bordeaux’s wine country under siege as over 325,000 people flee their homes. One blaze even spawned its own weather system—pyrocumulonimbus clouds that generate lightning and winds, fueling the inferno. Dry heatwaves have turned forests into tinderboxes, prompting emergency meetings by French President Macron and Spanish PM Sanchez. Families are displaced, tourists barred from campsites, and firefighters battle extreme conditions—some injured, many exhausted. A new heatwave looms, threatening to push temperatures to 40°C. In Spain, fires near Madrid are advancing south, forcing more evacuations. The devastation to ecosystems is immense, and scientists link this escalating crisis to climate change.
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