Europe Battles Wildfires as Heat Notches Up Record in Rome
- Sicily and Sardinia in Italy to approach high in next two days
- Extreme weather and heat stretches across Northern Hemisphere
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Europe’s extreme heat is triggering wildfires from Greece to Switzerland, as Rome and Catalonia recorded their highest ever temperatures.
The European Union is sending four firefighting planes from France and Italy to assist Greece, as blazes that destroyed homes outside Athens are still burning. In La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands, some of the more than 4,000 people who fled their homes at the weekend are returning after another fire was brought under control. In the Swiss Alps, several villages have been evacuated due to a forest fire in the canton of Valais.