5620 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/7/21/wildfires-rage-in-europe-what-where-and-whyOnce a rare occurrence, extreme fires are now becoming more frequent and lasting longer worldwide. The destructive blazes are driven at least in part by climate change, which exacerbates their scale and intensity, even in the northern winter months. With temperatures spiking above 40 degrees Celsius....2022-07-21T15:07+0200aljazeera-en-447465810f4893ec5cb8921945473e3420220721150700https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/07/18/how-bad-are-europes-wildfiresFor a look behind the scenes of our data journalism, sign up to , our weekly newsletter. A devastating concoction of record-breaking temperatures and severe droughts have helped ignite wildfires across Europe. Hundreds of hectares of Spain’s Monfragüe National Park, known for its extensive wildlife including rare birds, have been scorched.2022-07-18T19:16+0200economist-78405565379c5385a0d65bb239f83c9420220718191600https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2022-07-16/ty-article/.premium/a-117-degree-day-in-portugal-record-breaking-heat-waves-hit-europe/00000182-0751-db24-af96-ef538e420000An extreme heat wave has washed over Europe over the past few days, with temperatures setting records. Portugal experienced a national high of 47 degrees Celsius (117 Fahrenheit) last week, and firefighters are battling blazes across the continent. The European Union warned earlier this month that....2022-07-16T18:06+0200haaretz-6df2e63c7d93e8cac59e41af4c86687720220716180600https://www.dailysabah.com/gallery/summer-in-europe-heat-wave-and-wildfires/imagesMore than 800 firefighters battled two wildfires in the region outside Bordeaux in southwest France, according to the regional emergency service. Firefighters extinguish a house on fire during a wildfire that broke out in Arles, in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region of southern France, July 7, 2022.2022-07-15T16:03+0200newsnow-co-uk-07ca29db37e7811e1defdedddc134ab820220715160300