Fires continuing in Greece, Spain, Portugal, Israel & California
Crews have spent the night tackling wildfires in countries including France, Greece, Spain and Portugal.
Two people have died on the French Riviera as firefighters struggled to contain the flames.
The fires forced the evacuation of homes and tourist spots behind the coastal town of Saint-Tropez.
Over 1,000 firefighters tackled the flames, which are being fueled by wind and drought.
Wildfires have spread across Europe as many countries experience extreme heatwaveshttps://t.co/ym6qirWfaT pic.twitter.com/Py2h9f81Gi
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 19, 2021
Fires in #Greece have consumed five times as much land as they do in an average year. 🔥 https://t.co/s9QtUR6yMg pic.twitter.com/7StVyh3O52
— NASA Earth (@NASAEarth) August 12, 2021
Heatwave conditions have also led to huge fires across California - where thousands of homes have been destroyed.
Devastating wildfires continue to scorch northern California — in pictures https://t.co/U5HGjbzL0Z pic.twitter.com/qY7PkSTh2d
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 18, 2021
Meanwhile for a third consecutive day, crews in Israel are trying to contain a wildfire that's consumed a large area of forest west of Jerusalem - threatening several communities.
The Jerusalem Hills are used to forest fires – even intense, raging fires – but an official who has been familiar with the area and its climate conditions for decades said this fire was something exceptionalhttps://t.co/YIf903uJzi
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) August 16, 2021
Wildfires in Siberia have created more greenhouse gases in 2021 than Germany produces in a year.
That figure was estimated by Europe's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service.
Mark Parrington, from the service, says the fires are having a damaging effect:
