More than 1,000 people have already died in the ongoing heatwave in southern Europe
The southwestern region of Gironde in France has seen the worst of the blazes so far. A total 14,300 hectares of land have been burned as of Monday, with 24,000 people evacuated from the region, the Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Gironde prefecture said on Twitter. The heat wave in Portugal has intensified a pre-existing drought and sparked wildfires in central parts of the country, including in the village of Memoria, in the Leiria municipality.
In the remaining 39 days, national daily averages have been above the average temperatures for this time of year observed between 1991 and 2020, according to Météo-France data.Spain's weather agency also issued extreme heat alerts Sunday, Reuters reported. Temperatures of 42 degrees Celsius were forecast for the northern regions of Aragon, Navarra and La Rioja. The agency said the heat wave would end Monday, but it warned that temperatures would remain"abnormally high.
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