Spain and Portugal battle wildfires
Digest more
Europe’s summer of discontent, with locals protesting overtourism everywhere from Tenerife to the Louvre. As destinations take action to stem local anger, is the sun setting on mass tourism in Europe?
A fourth person died as wildfires blaze on in Spain and parts of Europe worsened by sweltering heat fueled by effects of climate change. Spain's weather agency, Aemet, warned the public on Monday to be "cautious" of the "very high or extreme fire danger" in most of Spain as it reported high 108 degree Fahrenheit temperates on Sunday in Cadiz in the southern tip of Spain only miles to the Strait of Gibraltar.
Joaquín Ramírez of Technosylva, a Spanish company that specialises in prevention and response to wildfires, attributed this year’s litany of fires to “a combination of abandonment of rural areas, abandonment of managing [the land] and the stress exerted on our forest areas”.
This year is turning into one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in Europe. Firefighters are struggling to contain out-of-control wildfires in western Spain and Portugal.
Spain's government under Prime Minister Pedro Snchez is grappling with mounting scandal and political instability
The European Commission is deploying firefighting aircraft to Spain, where at least seven have died as 14 wildfires have flared amid a European heat wave.
Firefighters have spent days battling blazes in Greece, Portugal, Spain and elsewhere. Forecasters said temperatures could pass 111 degrees in some places on Thursday.
Bloomberg on MSN9h
Spain Foreign Minister José Albares on Commitment to Europe's Security
"We are an important part of backing Ukraine's sovereignty" says José Albares, Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs. He joins Bloomberg TV on the White House Summit between US President Donald Trump,