Wildfires driven by searing temperatures and strong winds ravaged Turkey and parts of Greece in recent days, leaving four people dead and forcing hundreds of residents and tourists to flee the flames.

Torrential rainstorms hit Romania overnight into Monday, triggering flash floods in the country’s northeast and killing at least one person, officials said, as Turkey continued to battle wildfires that left four dead.

Firefighters in Turkey and Albania are battling multiple wildfires after days of record-breaking heat across the Mediterranean. Dozens of villages were evacuated, and temperatures soared past 50°C, highlighting the region’s escalating climate vulnerability.

Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at the weekend, with emergency services battling fires in the Peloponnese area of Athens and on the popular tourist islands of Kytheria and Crete.

Bursa, in Turkey, has been surrounded by wildfires forcing almost 2,000 people to flee their homes, while a firefighter has died battling the blazes - which have been raging since late June

TURKEY has been ravaged by fresh wildfires with over 1,700 civilians forced to flee their homes. A firefighter has died as they battled the rising flames which come amid a number of terrifying and

The fire suddenly crossed over and surrounded us. We had no choice but to run. Only the response teams stayed behind," said a local resident.