LONDON: A fierce heatwave in western Europe has left much of the continent wilting under a scorching sun, feeding ferocious wildfires and threatening to smash more temperature...
LONDON: A fierce heatwave in western Europe has left much of the continent wilting under a scorching sun, feeding ferocious wildfires and threatening to smash more temperature records on Tuesday.In Britain, forecasters said the current national record of 38.7 degrees Celsius could be broken and 40C breached for the first time, with experts blaming climate change and predicting more frequent extreme weather to come.On Monday the 38.
'Around 32,000 tourists or residents have been forced to decamp in France, many to emergency shelters.On Monday evening, prosecutors in the southwest city of Bordeaux said a man suspected of having started one of the fires in the region had been taken into custody.The two fires in the region have destroyed nearly 17,000 hectares of land.
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