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- Wildfires and extreme heat have triggered emergency alerts and evacuations across several European countries.
- In Sicily, Italy, blazes forced around 100 residents from their homes and put the entire island under the highest wildfire risk alert, while firefighters in Spain are battling a massive Guadalajara fire that has burned more than 32,000 hectares and displaced 34 villages.
- Greece, Cyprus, England, and France are also facing intense heat, with a hosepipe ban in England and an estimated 5,700 excess deaths linked to France's June-July heatwave.
- Scientists warn that climate change is making Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, increasingly prone to such heatwaves and wildfires.
What to watch next
- Whether Spanish authorities bring the Guadalajara wildfire under control by Friday as hoped
- Whether Sicily's fire situation eases or more evacuations follow under the highest risk alert
- How long the heatwave alerts in Greece and Cyprus and England's hosepipe ban remain in place
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