Europe counts cost of heatwave as Spain PM says more than 500 died: Climate change protesters said the scorching weather should be a wake-up call for the continent
“This has nothing to do with ideologies, but with a reality, with a climatic emergency that the planet is living through,” said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
The institute has stressed these figures are a statistical estimate and not a record of official deaths. Greece had been spared the blistering heatwave experienced in western Europe, but flames fanned by high winds were threatening the suburbs of Penteli, Pallini, Anthousa and Gerakas, home to tens of thousands of people.
Cooler air swept in Wednesday, bringing relief to people from Portugal to Britain, but thousands of firefighters continued to tackle blazes that have broken out in multiple countries after months of drought-like conditions. Sixteen firefighters were injured around the capital with two taken to hospital, the London Fire Brigade said.
Hundreds of firefighters were also deployed in western Slovenia Wednesday to battle a blaze that forced the evacuation of several villages, emergency services said.
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