Tourists cool off in a fountain in Cordoba, southern Spain on August 8, 2023. The Iberian Peninsula is bearing the brunt of climate change in Europe, witnessing increasingly intense heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. The met office in Spain said the heat there was expected to top 44C today and tomorrow, which is predicted to be the fiercest day of this heatwave, the third this year. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP) Lisbon, Portugal — Hundreds of firefighters on Tuesday battled a wildfire that has burned for four days in southern Portugal, which like neighboring Spain is sweltering in a heatwave that has triggered widespread weather alerts.

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