What you need to know
- The wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and scorched huge swathes of land in France, Spain.
- Human-caused global warming made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires at least twice as likely in south-western France and at least 20 times as likely in central Spain
- Climate change made deadly France and Spain wildfires far more likely, study finds
- Climate change made ‘fire-prone’ weather conditions more likely in Spain and France, scientists say
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The wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and scorched huge swathes of land in France, Spain.
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What happened
Human-caused global warming made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires at least twice as likely in south-western France and at least 20 times as likely in central Spain
Climate change made deadly France and Spain wildfires far more likely, study finds
The wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and scorched huge swathes of land in France, Spain.
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Climate change made deadly France and Spain wildfires far more likely, study finds
Human-caused global warming made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires at least twice as likely in south-western France and at least 20 times as likely in central Spain
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Climate change made ‘fire-prone’ weather conditions more likely in Spain and France, scientists say
The wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate and scorched huge swathes of land in France, Spain.
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