Forecasters warn of ‘heat apocalypse’ as thousands flee wildfires
Jul 22, 2022
2 minutes
By Jon Henley PARIS and Sam Jones MADRID
Meteorologists warned of a “heat apocalypse” in western France as several thousand more people fled their homes to escape a large wildfire sparked by a southern European heatwave that has already caused hundreds of deaths.
Nearly 25,000 people have been forced to abandon homes and holiday accommodation for emergency shelters in the Gironde west of Bordeaux, with blazes in Spain, Portugal and Greece forcing thousands
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