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Greece is confronting another dangerous summer, with firefighters battling a major forest fire just northeast of Athens on Monday. Hospitals and residential suburbs had to be evacuated as the fire that began near Varnava village on Sunday (11 August) tore through pine forests left tinder-dry by repeated heatwaves. June and July were the hottest months ever recorded in Greece, and proved fatal for several tourists earlier this summer. There is no doubt that the Mediterranean country is on the frontlines of human-caused climate change in Europe. Last year, it was scalded by a record long heatwav...
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After heavy rainfall earlier this week caused severe flooding in Italy, the southern European country is now bracing for the return of high temperatures in what has been an extreme weather rollercoaster. The regions worst affected were Emilia Romagna, Liguria, southern Piedmont, Tuscany, Umbria and Marche. On Tuesday, streets and underpasses were flooded in Pistoia, northern Tuscany, while fire teams went out in dinghies around Parma to rescue stranded motorists. River levels around Modena and Piacenza were on red alert, and heavy snow cut off mountain refuges in Piedmont. The weather is impro...
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After his friend Rosa was swept away, 14-year-old Benjamin Van Bunderen Robberechts sat watching the treetops sway left to right outside the window. He slouched in the chair because if he sat up, he could still see the raging stream that had taken her as they tried to reach their campsite base in Marcourt, Belgium. “I thought then this is a moment I’m going to remember for the rest of my life,” he says. “I could hear the water and I could see the flashes of sirens through the window - police, ambulance, fire. But I was just sitting there looking at the trees.” Rosa Reichel, 15, was one of more...
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