the world s largest rainforest and that plays a huge part in regional climate as well as global climate patterns. so if the rainforest changes so too did the weather patterns and ultimately so to do our lives. climate concerns are also top of mind in portugal, where flames have engulfed thousands of acres of land. these fires come as portugal reaches its hottest day of 2023, with temperatures rising to nearly 115 degrees fahrenheit or 46.5 degrees celsius. thousands of firefighters and 16 waterbombers have been deployed to the country s southern regions to tame the flames. 0ur correspondentjenny hill has more from lisbon. hundreds of firefighters are still trying to bring the flames under control. they have told us they are particularly concerned about the southern front of the fire. they say they are keeping a close eye on the wind. they fear it s changing direction, they say that s likely to make situation much worse. moo people have had to flee to safety since this fire
ground handlers and passenger assistance workers will walk out on various days between the 18th and 28th of august. the action could affect bank holiday travel plans and the union says it will cause severe disru ption . you re live with bbc news. hundreds of firefighters have been tackling wildfires in portugal. although the country often suffers summer fires, these come amid a ferocious heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.4 degrees celsius this week. fifteen hundred residents and tourists have been evacuated from an area around 0demira. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from the affected region. scorched earth still smouldering. the fires consumed 40 square miles of land. here, flames swept up the valley, right up to the southern town of 0deceixe. 0n the outskirts, destruction. but somehow the community itself was spared.
more than 20,000 acres of land have been ravaged by the fire over the last four days, because of high temperatures and strong winds. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from 0deceixe. you can see the devastation caused by this fire, they reckon some a0 square miles were consumed in the five days now that it has been burning. if you come around with me you can see that actually the earth here is still smouldering in places. smoke drifting across the valley. we saw a lot of that smouldering going on at the side of the road and even some flames at one point as we drove up here. down the valley there, is the town of 0deceixe and the residents there i think this morning will be feeling extremely relieved. the fire reached almost to the very edge of that town. we passed on its outskirts and there were very small burned out buildings but of the town itself has escaped the fire.
act like ngos like us, but for sure it is not the responsibility of society to rescue people in distress, this is the responsibility of governments. of governments. thank you for “oininu of governments. thank you for joining us. of governments. thank you for joining us, lukas of governments. thank you for joining us, lukas kaldenhoff. l of governments. thank you for l joining us, lukas kaldenhoff. we will keep across what is happening in lampedusa throughout the day. hundreds of firefighters in portugal have been battling a large wildfire, which is threatening to spread towards the popular tourist destination of the algarve. more than 20,000 acres of land have been ravaged by the fire over the last four days, because of high temperatures and strong winds. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from 0deceixe. you can see the devastation caused by this fire, they reckon some a0 square miles were consumed in the five days now that it has been burning. if you come around with me you ca
you re live with bbc news. hundreds of firefighters have been tackling wildfires in portugal. although the country often suffers summer fires, these come amid a ferocious heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.1; degrees celsius this week. fifteen hundred residents and tourists have been evacuated from an area around 0demira. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from the affected region. scorched earth still smoldering. the fire is consumed a0 miles of land for that here flames swept up the valley right up to the southern town. 0n the outskirts destruction somehow the community itself was spared. there is a really strong smell here and it s notjust the smoke is eucalyptus and pine, those of the trees which line there s a landscape. they ve been consumed by