Spain battles wildfires as it swelters in heatwave
Source: Reuters
June 18, 2022
8:52 AM GMT-2:30
MADRID, June 18 (Reuters) - Firefighters battled to bring raging wildfires under control in several parts of Spain on Saturday amid dry and windy conditions, as a heatwave pushed temperatures close to record highs.
Spain was heading towards its hottest early summer temperatures in decades on Saturday, with forecasts of between 40-42 degrees Celsius (104-108 Fahrenheit) in Zaragoza in the northeast and areas of Navarre and La Rioja in northern Spain, according to national weather agency AEMET.
Many areas of Western Europe have been sweltering under unseasonably hot temperatures over the past few days, compounding climate change fears.
In Spain, Zamora, near the border with Portugal, and Catalonia, in the east, were among the worst hit by wildfires.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spain-battles-wildfires-it-swelters-heatwave-2022-06-18/
There will be no safe place. Anywhere. This is why Hub and me haven't had any kids.
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