A searing heat-wave has descended upon Europe with a vengeance ~ and well before its usual time. Wildfires in Turkey have forced over 50,000 people to flee their homes, while France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and even the typically temperate Netherlands are under weather warnings.
Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday.
Massive wildfires that ravaged the provinces of North and South Gyeongsang for over a week have been fully contained, authorities said Sunday.
Wildfires in South Korea reignited in the southeastern part of the country overnight, fire authorities said on Saturday, adding firefighting helicopters were dispatched to extinguish them.
South Korea was battling to contain multiple wildfires raging across the southeastern region on Sunday, with strong and dry winds hindering efforts to bring the blaze under control, authorities said.
In a proactive effort to curb this recurring crisis, the Forest Department has formed 60 teams comprising local villagers to prevent and control fires. Each team consists of 15 members and has received financial assistance of Rs 75,000 to procure essential firefighting equipment.
Meanwhile, in the Northeast, weather officials issued red flag warnings from New Jersey to Massachusetts after a bout of modest weekend rainfall failed to douse the region's wildfire threat
Wildfires are continuing to ravage central and northern Portugal while at least seven people have been killed and more than 40 injured, local authorities reported.
About 17,500 Albertans were out of their homes from the Jasper and nearby wildfires in western Canada
Seven people were killed this past week and 196 homes have been completely destroyed as a result of raging wildfires in South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal Province, the provincial government said.
