EUROPE Wildfires engulf over 1 million hectares in EU, with Spain and Portugal hit hardest amid heat waves and drought. Photo credit: Kathimerini Greece EU wildfires break records, burning land area larger than Cyprus Newsroom Wildfires across the European Union have scorched more than 1 million hectares this year, marking the worst fire season on record since the bloc began tracking the data in 2006. READ MORE
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