📍 Map shows how wildfires are spreading in Europe as heatwave hits France, Spain and Portugal
Fires were also reported in woods near Rome, as well as on the shores of Lake Orta north of Milan and near the northeastern city of Trieste.
With human-caused climate change triggering droughts, the number of extreme wildfires is expected to increase 30 per cent within the next 28 years, according to a February 2022 United Nations report. The health impact of the heatwave has been in focus, with particular care given to the elderly and vulnerable.The head of Portugal’s health authority DGS, Graça Freitas said 1,063 excess deaths due to the heatwave, above normal levels, were recorded from 7 to 18 July.
Although the mercury dipped back towards more normal summer levels in Spain and Portugal, firefighters in both countries were still battling multiple blazes. Portugal recorded 148 fires this year, with outbreaks in the northern region where the town of Pinhao recorded temperatures of 47 degrees on Thursday last week – a July record.
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