wildfires

Hundreds of firefighters Backed by water-bombers and 123 vehicles battled a blaze raging in a Portuguese municipality near the capital Lisbon.

Portugal has reported more than 1,000 deaths due to the current heatwave as temperatures continue to rise. Portugal's head of health authority DGS, Graça Freitas, warned on Tuesday that the country must gear up to cope with the effects…

Extreme temperatures have continued to hit much of Europe as experts warn that Western France is facing a "heat apocalypse".

Thousands of firefighters are continuing to battle wildfires in Portugal, Spain and France, as a heatwave shows no sign of easing. In northern Portugal, a pilot died when his waterbombing plane crashed in the Foz Coa area, near the…

Wildfires are sweeping across northern and central Portugal, where an estimated 3,000 firefighters and more than 60 aircraft are battling to quell the flames amid scorching temperatures. Authorities said 12 firefighters and 17 civilians…

Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday and hundreds were evacuated by boat from the nearby island of Evia as Greece faced a fourth day of wildfires fueled by strong winds and searing temperatures. Like…