This is something I never remember hearing much about 40, 30, 20 or even 10 years ago. Now it seems to be as common as the ones we have in the Western US every year:
Thousands of firefighters are battling to bring under control summer wildfires that are spreading across parts of southern Europe.
At least seven people have died in fires that have struck Spain, France, Greece and the Italian island of Sardinia in the past few days.
Spain has been the hardest hit with at least seven major fires raging in the south and east.
Strong winds have fanned the flames during the hot dry weather.
A European Union monitoring agency has warned that the risk of fire along the Mediterranean coastline remains high with soaring temperatures predicted for the coming days.
So, what’s your hypothesis for why this is happening? Take the poll:
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