Wildfires cause 'calamity' in Portugal
by editors@theworld.org (Patti Daniels) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6QV2P)
More than 100 wildfires are stretching thousands of firefighters to their limits in northern Portugal this week. Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro declared a state of calamity for the hardest-hit areas late on Tuesday. Host Marco Werman explains that European Union officials are calling this an example of the continent's "climate breakdown."