Extreme weather continues to ravage parts of southern Europe. In Turkey, five people have lost their lives and dozens have been injured as wildfires swept through several villages overnight.
Five people have lost their lives and dozens have been injured in Turkish wildfireExtreme weather continues to ravage parts of Europe, with an 'excessive heat warning in place in Italy , freak 'meteo-tsunami' waves hitting the Balearic Islands, huge floods in the French Alps and deadly wildfires ripping through Turkish villages.
Images posted on social media showed flames raging over a large area, consuming whole swathes of woodland and lighting up the night sky as vast clouds of smoke billowed into the air. A wildfire broke out in the Camaldoli district of Naples late on Wednesday, reportedly leaving parts of the city blanketed in dust.
In Agrigento - a destination known for its incredible Greek temples - tourists are being turned away from bed and breakfasts as water supplies run dry. The peak of the heatwave is expected today, before a weather system moves into northern regions which is expected to bring downpours, with thunderstorm warnings in place and heavy rain predicted to cause flooding.
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire burning near Kumkoy, in Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey, this week People use parasols to shelter themselves from the sun in front of the Colosseum amid a heatwave in RomeTourists hold umbrellas to shelter themselves from the sun as they walk near the Colosseum amid a heatwave in Rome
Dramatic aerial footage of the scene from today shows waves continuing to wash through the hamlet, with a TV crew observing a home gutted by the force of the current. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the fire started late on Thursday, when a 'a stubble burn' some 30 kilometres south of Diyabakir spread quickly due to strong winds, affecting five villages.Turkey's pro-Kurdish DEM party in a post on X urged the authorities to 'quickly intervene' to tackle the blaze from the air as it raged early on Friday.
In the summer of 2021, Turkey suffered its worst-ever wildfires which claimed nine lives and destroyed huge swathes of forested land across its Mediterranean and Aegean coasts.
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