Posted on 07/29/2026 11:01:08 AM PDT by dennisw
The vast blazes ripping through southwestern France burned so intensely they created a powerful, fire-generated thunderstorm. This rare phenomenon is sometimes seen in the kinds of megafires that afflict the US and Canada, but was unprecedented in France, until now — and it’s just one sign that Europe is entering a new fire era, experts say.
Europe has always had wildfires, but they are becoming increasingly extreme as the climate crisis tightens its grip. Firefighters in France and Spain have this week been trying to tame blazes more ferocious and more erratic than anything they’ve tackled before.
On Wednesday, authorities in Spain and France said that some wildfires had been stabilized, but expressed concern that things could still deteriorate amid Europe’s fourth heat wave so far this year.
The European Union has also warned there is a risk of fires further east in Greece and Italy.
This all follows from Europe’s record-breaking fire season last year, with experts saying the continent is joining a long list of regions — from Siberia to the Amazon — which now endure back-to-back extreme fire seasons.
“We have entered an era of fires that cannot be extinguished,” said Víctor Resco de Dios, lecturer of forestry engineering and global change at the University of Lleida in Spain. “These are fires that burn with the intensity of several atomic bombs.”
Wildfires in France have now scorched more than 160,000 hectares (about 617 square miles), making them the largest on record for the country, and there are still months of wildfire season left.
“The situation we face today is the hardest we’ve ever recorded, the hardest since the Second World War,”
the appearance of fire clouds, or “pyrocumulonimbus,” which formed over the weekend in the Gironde region, near Bordeaux, according to fire authorities.
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There goes Net-zero up in smoke
The ru;mour I’ve heard is that parts of Europe, like Canada and California, have dispensed with fire prevention in forests and grasslands.
70% chance it is terrorists starting them.
Too bad OR and CA blocked any detailed investigation of the arson fires in both states.
-Wikipedia
This. Necessary in order to push the climate change agenda. Never let a crisis go to waste - especially a manufactured one.
Thank the Sierra Club for blast furnace temps in forest fires.
I’m sure it’s America’s fault somehow.
Anthropogenic atmospheric carbon dioxide enrichment has increased vegetative growth by between 20-60% while letting wolves run loose is killing the herding business to keep down that growth. The vegetation then gets increasingly woody and decadent, and therefore liable to burn.
Thermonuclear click bait is what you get when you give a liberal arts major a job as a chief senior correspondent position reporting on meteorological science matters.
When forests aren’t managed properly, what do you expect.
“The climate crisis tightens its grip”
Or maybe even the boogeyman! They are such children!
Exactly.
Which proves leftism is a mental disorder.
“indicating a strong background in journalism.”
Strong background in prevarication.
What? The fires are leaving shadows of the citizens burned into the walls of buildings? That sort of atomic-bomb intensity?
The level of hyperbole is beyond pathetic.
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