InTurkey,wildfires raged for a second dayin the western province of Izmir, fanned by strong winds, forestry ministerİbrahim Yumaklısaid, forcing the evacuation of four villages and two town neighbourhoods, AFP reported.
Turkey’s coastal regions have in recent years beenravaged by wildfires as summers have become hotter and drier, whichscientists say is a result of human-induced climate change,AFP added.
A note from our own environmental team at the Guardian tells me that:
Fire weather– a combination of heat, drought and strong wind –is increasing in some parts of all continents.
Human-caused climate breakdown is responsible for a higher likelihood of fire and bigger burned areas in southern Europe, northern Eurasia, the US and Australia, with some scientific evidence of increases in southern China.
Climate breakdown has increased the wildfire season by about two weeks on average across the globe.
