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Huge wildfires in Canada, Scotland, France, Portugal, Spain, Greece, Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 5 days ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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https://www.dw.com/en/from-france-to-greece-wildfires-rage-across-europes-south/g-77852792

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/07/11/europe/spain-france-wildfires-heat-intl

Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco

Seems like a lot.

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[–] OldCrow@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

To the people of Spain and France: My heart goes out to you. As a British Columbian, we, too, are struggling with the same fire battles and devastation. Added to our fire challenges, is a “neighbour” that is threatening us at every turn, including: “threatening new tariffs over wildfire smoke drifting south of the border.”

[–] prettybunnys@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

wildfires

So hot rn