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the #wildfires consuming #Spain are also consuming Portugal because the fires started in their shared Galicia region and it’s extended from there.
https://www.rtp.pt/noticias/pais/portugal-em-alerta-a-evolucao-da-resposta-a-incendios-ao-minuto_e1676063
apparently #Portugal doesn’t have firefighting airplanes to deal with the fires and has had to ask Marruecos #Morocco for help:
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.abc.es/sociedad/portugal-aviones-fuego-pide-ayuda-marruecos-luchar-20250812173042-nt.html
@blogdiva@mastodon.social
and, then there’s Italy, where the #wildfires have been raging along Mount Vesuvio:
via @WiredItalia@flipboard.com
https://www.wired.it/gallery/incendio-a-cipro-le-immagini-delle-fiamme-che-stanno-devastando-lisola/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
via @ilPost@flipboard.com
https://flipboard.com/@ilpost/italia-geogjiogz/-/a-S_HHq6oEQHSkeQny466k9A%3Aa%3A2183656918-%2F0
via @LaStampa@flipboard.com
https://flipboard.com/@lastampa/le-notizie-dall-italia-e-dal-mondo-qaku7blvz/-/a-FOWzvOOJRYq6ygL9CNtSGA%3Aa%3A174132866-%2F0
i’ve spent time in this news curation exercise ―a reporting practice i helped pioneer more than 20 years ago on my blogs and social media― to show y’all that the #fediverse is a place to get the news. and that’s in part thanks to one company: @Flipboard@flipboard.social