Portugal

Firefighters are using water bombers to battle fierce blazes in Portugal. Hundreds of firefighters were on Tuesday battling a wildfire that has burned for four days in Portugal, which, like neighboring Spain, is sweltering in a heat wave that has triggered widespread weather alerts. The Iberian Peninsula is bearing the brunt of climate change in

The unusually early heatwave has been driven by a mass of very hot and dry air coming from Africa. Mainland Spain and Portugal have broken temperature records for April, officials said Friday, as both nations wilt in an unusually early heatwave that has raised the risk of wildfires. The mercury hit 38.8 degrees Celsius (101.8…