Wildfires Unleash Chaos Across Southern Europe The images emerging from southern Europe are apocalyptic: vast stretches of charred earth, fleeing families, and desperation etched on every face.
The wildfires raging across France and Spain have left a trail of destruction, forcing over 250,000 people to flee their homes in one of the worst peacetime evacuations in French history.
At the heart of this crisis is the French economy, which has been dealt a crushing blow by these unrelenting fires.