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France’s southwest is engulfed in a wildfire four times the size of Paris, fueled by scorching heat and wind—forcing over 220,000 people to evacuate, possibly the largest peacetime displacement in French history. While firefighters gained a brief reprieve overnight, the blaze remains uncontained and could reignite at any moment. Meanwhile, Spain battles its own wildfires amid a heatwave, though some areas are now clearing. The Gironde fire even birthed a rare electrified thundercloud, sparking new fires and marking a terrifying new chapter in Europe’s accelerating climate crisis.

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