Fires have forced thousands of people in France, Spain, Portugal and Croatia to flee their homes.
The report by the European Commission, the executive arm of the EU, published Thursday examines how to employ integratedGreater attention to land-based fire prevention practices should be a priority as evidence indicates climate change is potentially increasing catastrophic fires, according to the report."Currently, 85% of the burned area in Europe is located in Southern Europe ...
"Next to the increase in the number of days per year with high to extreme fire danger, there will likely be an increasing impact from extreme fires across large areas, with long-term effects," the report states. "Heatwaves that used to be rare are now common; heatwaves that used to be impossible are now happening and killing people," said Otto, who's also a senior climate science lecturer at Imperial College London.
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