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The intense heat wave sweeping southern Europe has killed hundreds of people, forced thousands from their homes, and caused massive damage to thousands of hectares of land from fires in Spain, France and Portugal.
Reuters reported that "the heat wave that swept Spain caused the death of 360 people within a week of soaring temperatures that reached 45 degrees Celsius, while the authorities evacuated more than 3,000 people from their homes as a result of a huge forest fire that broke out near Mijas in the province of Malaga."
In Portugal, the Ministry of Health announced the death of 238 people as a result of the heat wave during the period between the 7th and the 13th of this month, most of them are elderly people. Forest fires have destroyed 39,550 hectares since the beginning of this year, according to data from the Institute for Nature Conservation and Forests.
In France, the authorities said in a statement that more than 12,200 people had been evacuated from the Gironde region in the southwest of the country, while more than 1,000 firefighters struggled to control the fires that destroyed more than ten thousand hectares of land.
In Britain, the national meteorologist issued the first red warning of intense heat for parts of the country next Monday and Tuesday.
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