Wildfires of Desperation: Western Europe's Inferno Western Europe is ablaze, with wildfires fueled by extreme heat and strong winds sweeping across France, Spain, Italy, and beyond.
The scenes from Le Porge, where skies turned orange as smoke rose from charred pine trees, are etched in the collective memory – a grim reminder of what climate change has wrought.
In France alone, 8,700 hectares have already been ravaged, with three firefighters dead and temperatures soaring above 40°C.