Climate

Emergency teams respond amid warnings of further flooding and landslide risk across southern provinces.

Insurers warn that a growing share of climate-driven damage is uninsured, leaving households and public budgets to absorb the cost.

Omis burned across more than 1,000 hectares, France evacuated 525 people in Landes and more than 2,000 left their homes in western Germany.

Some residents have been permitted to return home, but authorities warn that higher temperatures, low humidity and dry vegetation could cause controlled fire fronts to become dangerous again.

Severe wildfires driven by extreme heat, prolonged drought and unpredictable winds have forced mass evacuations, destroyed homes and stretched emergency services across southwestern France and several regions of Spain.