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France and Spain fires are burning harder than usual
The fires have already burned more land than France's previous record year, with evacuations under way.
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled homes in southwestern France and Spain as extreme wildfires intensify. The article says France has already burned 40% more land than its previous record year.
It also says a fire thunderstorm formed in France for the first time on record, and another heatwave is expected later this week.
- hundreds of thousands
- Evacuations
- 40% more
- France burn area
- at least three
- Deaths
- later this week
- Heatwave timing
Why it mattersHotter, faster fires raise evacuation risk and push smoke, damage, and costs much higher.
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