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Hottest julys potentially going to be one of the hottestjulys on record for greece. in fact, since it ever began recording this. in 50 years. for the fire service of greece there is a real concern because this is a country that has been rocked by these wildfires. they have been battling these places for days now. when i spoke to the fire service earlier they said they expect tomorrow to be extremely dangerous. they are on high alert, as is the single protection unit, because they believe that more fires could potentially be reignited. they said it is difficult conditions, extremely difficult w...

Earlier they said they expect tomorrow to be extremely dangerous. they believe that more fires could potentially be reignited. they said it is difficult conditions, extremely difficult weather conditions for the firefighters to be able to respond. that is why they can use all the help they can get, france, italy, israel have sent firefighting planes, and firefighters from bulgaria, romania, poland, have come to help as well. the stakes are high. people are losing their homes. people are losing their lives they have lived in villages. for the firefighters and for the government it is about prov...

Website. christian, back to you. thank you, paul. swathes of southern europe continue to swelter in a heatwave, that might well have set some record high temperatures today. in italy, the islands of sicily and sardinia were forecast to see temperatures as high as 48 degrees celsius. that would be somewhere near the european record that was set two years ago. there are red alerts currently in place for 20 of italys 27 major cities. in greece, swaths of virgin pine forests have been burnt around coastal towns near athens. two large wildfires are burning out of control. today the eu sent four fir...

High temperatures today. in italy, the islands of sicily and sardinia were forecast to see temperatures as high as 48 degrees. that would be somewhere near the european record that was set two years ago. there are red alerts currently in place for 20 of italy's 27 major cities. in greece, swathes of virgin pine forests have been burnt around coastal towns near athens. two large wildfires are burning out of control. today the eu sent four firefighting planes from france and italy to help the greek authorities. similar picture in the us, record—breaking heat for the fourth quarter states, texa...

Single night. temperatures inside the fire zone in this community reached 1000 degrees celsius according to the local fire department, enough to bend steel. >> we're still in the face of trying to contain the fire. our mission is to direct it where we want where there's fewer vegetation, where the layout allows the vehicles to position themselves best. >> scorching temperatures and months of dry weather are causing dangerous conditions across europe, the continent is in the midst of its fourth heatwave this summer. the eu chief, tweeted friday, that help was incoming for portugal, albania and ...