00:00Western Europe experienced its hottest June-July on record as climate change fills a historic summer of heat, drought and
00:08wildfires across the region, the EU's climate monitor said on Monday.
00:13It comes as Europe, the world's fastest warming continent, saw the first two months of summer marked by successive heat
00:20waves and bone-dry conditions.
00:23Since it started in May, the intense heat has caused thousands of anticipated heat-related deaths, many wildfires and a
00:31protracted drought.
00:33According to Copernicus, levels of soil moisture were, quote, significantly lower than in July 2022 when the last severe drought
00:42gripped Western Europe.
00:43Meanwhile, a wildfire threatening residential areas in the central Albanian city of Kruja was brought under control on Sunday following
00:53firefighting efforts.
00:54The wildfire, about 38 kilometers north of the capital, Tirana, had been burning since Saturday afternoon.
01:02Authorities said three military helicopters had been assisting ground crews in efforts to bring the blaze under control,
01:09with firefighting operations continuing both on the ground and from the air as steep terrain made access difficult.
01:17Largionsafa, 37.540.
01:19Argionsa
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