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July was the hottest month ever recorded by the EU's climate monitoring agency, Copernicus (Photo: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid)

10 EU states cutting firefighters, despite summer wildfires

On Tuesday (15 August), a wildfire broke out in the southern French region of Perpignan, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people and requiring some 450 firefighters to bring the blaze under control.\n \nThe fire, caused by severe drought, extreme heat and high winds, was just one of the many summer disasters.

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

July was the hottest month ever recorded by the EU's climate monitoring agency, Copernicus (Photo: EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid)

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Paula joined EUobserver in January 2023 and left for Euronews in 2024. Previously she worked for the Spanish online newspaper El Confidencial, where she covered mainly economic and financial affairs.

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