Southern Europe Battles Wildfires as North Cleans up After Floods

Southern Europe Battles Wildfires as North Cleans up After Floods
A helicopter is being filled up with water from a tank as a wildfire burns near the village of Spathovouni, near Corinth, Greece, on July 23, 2021. Vassilis Psomas/Reuters
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ATHENS—Wildfires burned in regions across southern Europe on Monday, fuelled by hot weather and strong winds, as some northern countries cleaned up after a weekend of torrential rain and flooding.

In Greece, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said firefighters had battled around 50 fires during the past 24 hours and it was likely there would be more with meteorologists warning that a further heatwave was in prospect.