Wildfires rage in Spain and Portugal amid searing heat
by Ajit Niranjan and Sam Jones from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ZCRT)
Extreme temperatures exacerbated by carbon pollution fuel fires in southern Europe as green policies are rolled back
Relentless heat and raging wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe, with one-quarter of weather stations in Spain recording 40C temperatures, as the prime minister urged people to leave the climate emergency outside of partisan struggles".
The Spanish weather agency Aemet recorded a high of 45.8C in Cadiz on Sunday, while one in eight weather stations nationwide hit peaks of at least 42C (108F) . The agency warned of very high or extreme fire danger" in most of the country in a post on social media on Monday.
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