Extreme heat disrupts life across Europe

More than 50,000 people have been evacuated from the path of wildfires in Turkiye as extreme heat continued to cause blazes and health emergencies all across southern Europe.

Most of the evacuations in Turkiye were in the western Izmir Province, with high winds adding to the problems and causing the temporary closure of Izmir airport.

In recent times, high temperatures and widespread fires have become an increasingly frequent summer hazard across southern Europe, and currently extreme conditions are being experienced in Portugal, Greece, Spain, France and Italy.