Summer is showing its most dangerous side in France. Weeks without significant rainfall, persistently high temperatures and dry winds are drastically intensifying the wildfire risk in the south of the country. The department of Var on the Cote d'Azur and the Mediterranean island of Corsica are currently particularly affected. There, emergency crews are battling several fires that have developed into large-scale blazes within a short period of time. In Var,…
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