Heat Stifles Parts of Europe as Tenerife Fires Force Evacuations
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Temperatures are rising across the continent as wildfires destroy parts of a Spanish island and Germany issued red alerts for widespread thunder storms.
Fires are tearing through the countryside on Tenerife, with 150 firefighters and 50 military personnel battling to contain flames that prompted the evacuation of five villages and 3,000 people, according to the local government’s website. The Copernicus Climate Change Service issued warnings for extreme danger due to forest fires in Spain, Italy and other nations.