Europe, heat wave
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Wildfires were raging in Spain and France on Tuesday after a dayslong heat wave parched landscapes in the region and turned woodlands into tinderboxes.
French and Spanish firefighters battled blazes that burned through thousands of acres for a second day. The fires followed a heat wave that dried out the terrain, creating fuel for wildfires, according to weather agencies and experts.
A marine heat wave in the Mediterranean is combining with a powerful heat dome to cause Europe to swelter under a brutal early summer heat wave.