Southern Europe swelters as heatwave sparks wildfires and closes tourist sites

Southern Europe swelters as heatwave sparks wildfires and closes tourist sites

A heatwave is rolling across southern Europe, fuelling wildfires, exacerbating droughts in Italy and Spain and leading the Greek authorities to close some of the most popular tourist sites.

Blazes have broken out across southern Italy and Sicily, where the temperatures have climbed above 40C this week.
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