Western and Southern Europe are currently facing severe drought, with the situation being the gravest in Spain, Portugal, France, Italy and Greece.
Spain and Portugal are suffering their worst droughts since the launch of record-keeping in the 1940s.
EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel will start a two-day visit to Portugal today (20 July) to evaluate the damage caused by the drought to the country's agriculture.
Brush fires have already destroyed more than thre...
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