Europe’s wildfires are so intense, they’re creating 'fire clouds'

Описание: Hundreds of thousands of people in France and Spain have been evacuated from their homes, and wildfires have spread farther than they do on average in an entire year.

Firefighters are battling wildfires close to the cities of Bordeaux and Madrid. France says the fires are far from over and could burn for months, while Spanish authorities say more than 100,000 square miles of land in Madrid have been affected, as exhausted evacuees await a return home.

The wildfires raging in France are so intense they have created “fire clouds,” a never-before-seen phenomenon in the country, authorities say. Temperatures will climb to above-average highs across fire-ravaged areas of France and Spain over the next week, with no signs of rainfall in sight.

0:00 Spain’s PM on fires: “The most painful expression of a climate emergency”
1:25 How the fires are creating their own weather systems
3:51 Wildfire expert on why is the threat so severe
5:39 Why fires are occurring in places where they’ve never happened before
8:22 CNN talks to a firefighter on the scene in Bordeaux
11:23 When can residents expect to go back home

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