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Wildfires threaten Turkey coastal resorts - BBC News - BBC News
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2021-07-31 16:15:50Z
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Taliban attack major Afghan cities - BBC News - BBC News
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2021-07-31 16:02:21Z
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Turkey declares ‘disaster areas’ as wildfire death toll rises - Al Jazeera English
President Erdogan says investigation opened into causes of wildfires in southern Turkey, as death toll rises to six.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared parts of southern Turkey ravaged by wildfires as “disaster areas”, with the death toll from the fires rising to six after two forest workers were killed.
Fires across Turkey since Wednesday have burned down forests, encroaching on villages and tourist destinations and forcing people to evacuate.
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said on Saturday that 88 of 98 fires that broke out amid strong winds and scorching heat have been brought under control.
At least five people have died in Manavgat and one died in Marmaris. Both towns are located on the Mediterranean and are tourist destinations.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 400 people affected by the fires in Manavgat were discharged from hospitals and 10 were still receiving treatment. In Marmaris, 159 people were treated and one person was still undergoing treatment for burns.
New fires erupted in southern Hatay province where flames jumped to populated areas but appear to have been brought under control.
Turkish media said hotel guests in parts of the Aegean town of Bodrum were told to evacuate and authorities called on private boats and yachts to assist in evacuation efforts by sea.
President Erdogan was visiting affected areas on Saturday, inspecting from a helicopter.
Erdogan declared the regions affected by the forest fires “disaster areas” in a statement on Twitter.
“We will continue to take all necessary steps to heal our nation’s wounds, compensate for its losses, and improve its opportunities,” said Erdogan.
Speaking from the town of Manavgat, in the south of Turkey, Erdogan said at a press conference later on Saturday that while Ankara was not looking to politicise the incident, it was also “considering the possibility of sabotage” and an investigation was under way to determine the causes of the fires.
Turkey has blamed some previous forest fires on arson or outlawed groups such as the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Erdogan said the government would provide compensation for families who lost their homes or agricultural lands. He said taxes, social security and credit payments would be postponed for those affected and small businesses would be offered credit with zero interest.
“We cannot do anything beyond wishing the mercy of God for the lives we have lost but we can replace everything that was burned,” he said.
Erdogan said the number of planes fighting the fires had been increased from six to 13, including planes from Ukraine, Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, and that thousands of Turkish personnel as well as dozens of helicopters and drones were assisting the firefighting efforts.
Speaking from Antalya, Al Jazeera’s Resul Serdar said there are still active forest fires in at least 10 locations in Turkey.
“Erdogan said that huge efforts are in place to bring the fires under control. Yet it is still very difficult … fires keep erupting,” Serdar said.
Wildfires are common in Turkey’s Mediterranean and Aegean regions during the arid summer months.
More than 2,600 fires have erupted each year on average in the last decade, but that figure jumped to almost 3,400 last year, said Husrev Ozkara, vice-chair of the Turkish Foresters Association.
A heatwave across southern Europe, fed by hot air from Africa, has led to wildfires across the Mediterranean.
Temperatures in Greece and nearby countries in southeast Europe are expected to climb to 42 degrees Celsius (more than 107 Fahrenheit) on Monday in many cities and towns and ease only later next week.
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2021-07-31 16:15:34Z
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Afghanistan: Fighting rages as Taliban besiege three key cities - BBC News
Fighting is raging around three major cities in southern and western Afghanistan as Taliban militants seek to seize them from government forces.
Taliban fighters have entered parts of Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar.
They have made rapid gains in rural areas since it was announced almost all foreign troops would go by September.
But the fate of these key cities could be crucial amid fears of a humanitarian crisis and how long government forces will be able to hold out.
The fundamentalist Islamist militia is already thought to have captured up to half of all Afghanistan's territory, including lucrative border crossings with Iran and Pakistan.
In Lashkar Gah, capital of the southern province of Helmand, a local source said insurgents were only a few hundred metres from the governor's office on Saturday.
They had also come close to it on Friday, but the commander of Afghan forces said they had inflicted significant casualties on the militants, who were forced to retreat overnight.
Analysis by Secunder Kermani, BBC News
Having already captured large amounts of rural territory, and a number of border crossings, the Taliban's firm focus is now on Afghanistan's cities. The situation is fluid but Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand Province where many US and British soldiers lost their lives, looks the most vulnerable right now. Pro-Taliban social media accounts have uploaded videos of their fighters in the heart of the city.
Afghan special forces are being sent in to help push them back, but one local resident told us even if that does end up happening, the Taliban's advance is a powerful assertion of their strength.
The militants are understood to have taken up some positions in the homes of ordinary families, which will make it harder to dislodge them. More lengthy and bloody fighting looks to be ahead.
One MP in Kandahar told the BBC the city was at serious risk of falling to the Taliban, with tens of thousands of people already displaced and a humanitarian disaster looming.
Gul Ahmad Kamin said the situation was getting worse hour by hour, and the fighting within the city was the most severe in 20 years.
He said the Taliban now saw Kandahar as a major focal point, a city they want to make their temporary capital. If it fell, then five or six other provinces in the region would also be lost, Mr Kamin said.
He said the Taliban fighters were on several sides of the city and because of the large civilian population government forces would not be able to use heavy weaponry if the militants got fully inside.
In Herat, a Tolo News reporter said clashes had intensified, with Taliban fighters entering southern parts of the economically important city.
There are reports of fighting in at least five different locations.
The US is still carrying out air strikes to support the Afghan forces, who have recaptured a district around the airport.
A guard outside a UN compound near the airport was killed on Friday in what the UN described as a deliberate Taliban attack.
Residents say few places in the city are safe and some people are taking up arms to defend themselves.
Ismail Khan, a former commander who fought against Soviet forces in the 1980s, has launched an armed movement to try to defend the city.
'Islamic emirate'
The EU's special envoy for Afghanistan, Tomas Niklasson, said he believed the war was set to get much worse.
He told the BBC's chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet, that he feared the Taliban way of thinking now was "something they had in the past - re-establishing... their Islamic emirate".
And the former head of the British Armed Forces, Gen David Richards, warned the international withdrawal could result in the collapse of the Afghan army's morale, leading to Taliban control and possibly a renewed international terrorist threat.
Humanitarian organisations have also warned of a major crisis in coming months as the Taliban continue their offensive - with a lack of food, water and services, and overcrowding in camps for the displaced.
US troops and their Nato and regional allies forced the Taliban from power in November 2001.
The group had been harbouring Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda figures linked to the 11 September 2001 attacks in the US.
But despite a continued international presence, billions of dollars of support and training for the Afghan government forces, the Taliban regrouped and gradually regained strength.
In February 2020, then-US President Donald Trump and allies agreed to formulate a deal with the Taliban on the withdrawal of international combat forces.
This year, President Joe Biden announced the withdrawal would take place by September.
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2021-07-31 15:35:28Z
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Wildfires and deaths across southeast Europe amid most severe heatwave in decades - Sky News
The worst heatwave in decades is causing deaths and mayhem across southeast Europe, with wildfires causing entire villages to be evacuated and millions of people instructed not to venture out into the midday sun.
Hot air from Africa is driving the heatwave, with temperatures reaching above 40C (104 F) in many areas, and meteorologists expect the weather will continue into next week making it the most severe since the 1980s.
Authorities in Greece, Turkey, Serbia and Bulgaria, and many other countries in the region, are warning residents to avoid direct sunlight during midday hours, while firefighting crews across the region are scrambling to protect properties.
Dozens of wildfires in Turkey have already claimed several lives and left more than 50 people in hospital according to officials, with villages and beach resorts being evacuated across the south of the country.
Satellite images have shown the devastation caused by deadly wildfires raging across the region.
Those killed in Turkey included a married couple and an 82-year-old man, as well as a 25-year-old volunteer who was taking drinking water to firefighters but was involved in a motorcycle crash.
Azerbaijan has announced that it is sending hundreds of emergency responders to help with the effort, alongside helicopters and specialist equipment.
Russia and Ukraine have also sent planes to help tackle the fires from the skies, with neighbouring Greece offering its assistance.
Authorities in Greece warned members of the public not to embark on unnecessary journeys on Friday as thermometers rose to 40C (104 F) in Athens.
Athens is the location of the hottest weather ever recorded in Europe, at 48C (118 F) on 10 July 1977.
Extreme weather such as the recent deadly floods in Germany and Belgium, and the unprecedented heatwave in Canada and the US are expected to become more frequent due to climate change creating greater instability in weather patterns.
"If we think more globally, we've had some very, very severe weather events recently, 49.6C (121.28 F), an all-time temperature record in Canada," said Mike Kendon, the senior climate scientist at the UN World Meteorological Office (WMO) said.
"When you see observations like that, they are taking us outside our own envelope of experience of what we have seen before. An event like that is simply not possible to explain without the human influence on the climate system."
The UN WMO says that 2020 was one of the three warmest years ever recorded, and the warmest on record for Europe.
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2021-07-31 15:17:14Z
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Body of Reuters photographer was badly mutilated in Taliban custody, officials say - Daily Mail
The Taliban 'mutilated' the body of Reuters photographer after he was killed in Afghanistan - stoking fears the country they will re-assert barbaric rule after US withdrawal
- Danish Siddiqui was killed during a bout of fighting in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan
- The Reuters photojournalist, 38, had been embedded since earlier this month
- He was reporting on fighting between Afghan troops and Taliban in Kandahar
- Reports say his body was badly mutilated, with his face almost unrecognisable, multiple bullet wounds and tyre marks on both his face and chest
The body of a murdered Reuters photographer was badly mutilated by the Taliban before it was sent home to India, it has emerged.
Danish Siddiqui, 38, was buried in Delhi, India, two days after he was killed covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan earlier this month.
The Pulitzer prize-winning Indian photographer was embedded with Afghan special forces in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar when he died.
He arrived in New Delhi on a flight from Afghanistan on July 18 and his coffin was taken to his home where hundreds of friends and news media colleagues had gathered outside.
The photographer's brutal killing has further stoked fears the Taliban will re-assert its barbaric rule over the country after the withdrawal of the United States' presence, which sparked a brutal offensive from the militia group across the country.
The body of a murdered Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui, 38, was badly mutilated by the Taliban before it was sent home to New Delhi, India, it has emerged. Pictured: Mourner's carry Mr Siddiqui's coffin on July 18
Photographs of his body show it was injured but still intact after the commando group he was accompanying were ambushed by the Taliban in Spin Boldak.
But when it was transferred to the Red Cross it had been badly mutilated according to Indian and Afghan officials.
They said his face was unrecognisable, that there were dozens of bullet holes in his body, and that there were tire marks on both his face and chest.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid denied any wrongdoing, according to the New York Times.
But Meenakshi Ganguly, the South Asia director for Human Rights Watch, told the New York Times: 'Danish always chose to be on the front lines so that abuses and atrocities could not remain hidden.
'The brutality with which Taliban fighters punished Danish proves the abuses that he was documenting.'
Photographers pay homage to Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui in front of his portrait at Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu
Bangladeshi journalists hold placards during a candlelight vigil to pay tribute to slain Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui, in front of the Raju Memorial Sculpture at Dhaka University, in Dhaka, Bangladesh
According to India's NDTV, Siddiqui was first wounded by shrapnel, and was taken to a nearby Mosque in the Spin Boldak region to receive first aid.
But word spread that he was at the mosque, leading to the taliban to attack, the news outlet said. A local investigation suggested that the Taliban only attacked because they knew Mr Boldak's was inside, it said.
'Siddiqui was alive when the Taliban captured him. The Taliban verified Siddiqui's identity and then executed him, as well as those with him. The commander and the remainder of his team died as they tried to rescue him,' the local report said, according to NDTV.
It comes as Afghan authorities arrested four journalists on propaganda charges after they tried to enter the contested area of Spin Boldak in southern Kandahar province, where security forces have been clashing with Taliban fighters.
The move drew swift criticism from media and rights advocates, though the government said they wanted to ensure reporters were safe.
The Ministry of Interior said three journalists in Kandahar working for local radio and one working for local television had been arrested after ignoring a warning from the National Directorate of Security, the government intelligence agency, to all journalists not to enter the area.
Reuters news agency said Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Danish Siddiqui (pictured), who was embedded with the Afghan special forces, was killed as the commando unit sought to recapture Spin Boldak
Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui covers the monsoon floods and landslides in the upper reaches of Govindghat, India in 2013
Afghan special forces, who Siddiqui was embedded with, speak to residents as others search his house on July 12
'NDS did not allow...journalists to go the area, because security forces wanted to save their lives,' said the interior ministry's deputy spokesperson Hamid Roshan.
Another interior ministry spokesperson later said that the journalists had arrested on charges of 'propaganda to the enemy' and that security agencies were continuing their investigation.
Interior Ministry spokesperson Mirwais Estanikzai said: 'The Government of Afghanistan respects and is extremely committed to freedom of expression, but any propaganda in favour of the terrorist and the enemy, as well as against the interests of the country, is a crime.'
Local media advocates say the ability of media to report on crucial areas and battlefields as conflict rises in the country is increasingly hindered and international rights group Amnesty International called on the four journalists to be released.
'We are concerned about the detention of four journalists in Kandahar by National Security Directorate since yesterday,' Amnesty International said on Twitter.
Mujib Khalwatgar, head of the Afghan media rights group NAI, said journalists had felt increasing pressure from both sides amid a sharp rise in violence in recent weeks after Washington announced it was withdrawing U.S. troops by September.
Siddiqui takes pictures of the damaged cargo ship MSC Chitra in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast in August 2010
Siddiqui's picture of an exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touching the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat in September 2017
Siddiqui's picture of fireworks exploding over a torchlit procession during the celebration marking the 70th anniversary of North Korea's foundation in Pyongyang
'We expect the government...to support freedom of expression,' he said.
'If the government proceeds in this way, and wants to impose restrictions on the media, we will lose the greatest achievement.'
The Taliban took control of the Spin Boldak area near the border with Pakistan earlier this month, sparking intense fighting as security forces try to retake the strategic border crossing.
Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui was killed this month covering clashes between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters in the area.
Siddiqui was part of a team that shared the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.
He had also covered the war in Iraq, the Hong Kong protests and Nepal earthquakes since he started working for Reuters in 2010, the agency said.
Siddiqui's picture of a Naga Sadhu, a Hindu holy man, putting on a mask before taking part in the Pitcher Festival during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2021
Siddiqui's picture of Hindu priests sitting inside a cave as they perform evening prayers on the banks of the river Ganges in India in March 2017
Siddiqui's picture of protesters in Hong Kong during a Human Rights Day march, organised by the Civil Human Right Front, in December 2019
Siddiqui's picture of a Kashmiri woman watching protests in Anchar neighbourhood after Friday Prayers in September 2019
Siddiqui's picture of people waiting to cremate Covid-19 victims in New Delhi, India, in April 2021
Violence has surged across the country since early May, when the militants launched a sweeping offensive as US-led foreign forces began a final withdrawal that is now almost complete.
The Taliban have seized scores of districts across Afghanistan, including in Herat province, where the group has also captured two border crossings adjoining Iran and Turkmenistan.
Officials and residents reported renewed fighting on the outskirts of Herat Saturday, with hundreds fleeing their homes to seek shelter closer to the heart of the city.
Herat governor Abdul Saboor Qani said most of the fighting was in Injil and Guzara district - where the airport is located.
'At the moment the fighting is ongoing in the south and southeast. We are moving cautiously and to avoid civilian casualties,' Qani said.
Government forces also called an air strike near a 10-bed hospital in Lashkar Gah, capital of Helmand province, that officials said had been seized earlier by the Taliban to treat its wounded fighters.
Residents told AFP news agency that Taliban fighters took over the Ariana Afghan Speciality Hospital to treat those hurt.
'This morning, the Taliban fighters came and forced the hospital staff to leave,' said Agha Mohammad.
'Planes were hovering in the air at that time, and they were following the Taliban, and the air strike happened.'
Sher Ali Shakir, provincial public health director of Helmand, said the hospital was destroyed, with one person killed and two wounded.
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2021-07-31 14:45:48Z
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Road from hell: Dramatic moment friends drive through flames in Turkey - Daily Mail
Road from hell: Dramatic moment friends drive through flames as they make daring escape from wildfires ravaging Turkey that have left four dead
- The video shows the group driving down Turkish road flanked by roaring flames
- They reach a point in the road where a huge blaze is blocking their pathway
- The driver is forced to slam the car into reverse and escape as the flames grow
- So far, four people have died as firefighters are tackling more than 70 wildfires
These are the dramatic moments when a group of friends narrowly avoided wildfires in Turkey by driving through flames in their car to make a daring escape.
So far, the blazes have left four people dead, burned down homes and forced residents to evacuate villages and beach resorts.
In the video, shot by passengers on the rear seats of the car, the men are seen driving down a forest road with flames either side and smoke blocking out the sun.
These are the dramatic moments when a group of friends narrowly avoided wildfires in Turkey by driving through flames in their car to make a daring escape. Pictured: The men and their car are almost engulfed in a blaze as they find the road blocked with flames
The car pauses, before making its way further down the road where the flames are shown to be getting larger and more intense, billowing from all directions.
Further down the road, the driver is forced to stop as a huge pillar of flames engulfs the road a matter of feet ahead the the car.
The driver slams the car into reverse as the other passengers panic, and drives back up the road in the direction they came.
Pictured: The view from inside the car as the men drive down the road in Turkey, with flames either side and ahead of the car. The driver was forced to slam the car into reverse and drive back up the road to get the group of friends to safety
When far enough away, the person filming is shown stepping out the car briefly - still as flames roar either side of the road - but quickly jumps back into the vehicle shouting at the others to stay inside the car.
The video cuts, and shows the car a few minutes later and shows the passengers watching the forest fires from a safer distance.
The car is shown from the outside, with the passengers assessing the potential damage to the vehicle. The boot of the car is shown full of luggage, as smoke continues to rise in the background.
It is unclear where the men were driving to and from, but thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the fire.
Pictured: Flames billow to the left of the car as it is driven down the road. The smoke is so thick it is unclear what time of day the men were driving
The death toll in wildfires raging in southern Turkey rose to four as fire crews on Friday battled blazes that burned down homes and forced people to evacuate villages and beach resorts.
Firefighters were still tackling wildfires in 14 locations in six provinces in Turkey's Mediterranean and southern Aegean region, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters.
A total of 57 other wildfires that broke out amid strong winds and scorching heat have been brought under control since Wednesday, he said.
The worst fires were in the Manavgat and Akseki regions in Antalya province, where strong winds pushed the fire toward settlements on Wednesday.
An 82-year-old man and a married couple died, more than 50 people were hospitalised and dozens of homes were incinerated. More than 25 neighbourhoods or villages were evacuated.
Pictured: Wildfires near Manavgat at Antalya, Turkey mediterranean coasts. More than 70 wildfires have broken out this week in provinces on Turkey's Aegean and Mediterranean coasts as well as inland areas
Forestry workers and firefighter teams continue to respond to the forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district of Turkey's Antalya on July 31, 2021
Pictured: Firefighters spray water into a building in Turkey where fires have broken out and ripped through homes, forcing people to flee
Pictured: Helicopters respond to the forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district of Turkey, Antalya on July 31, 2021. The death toll in wildfires raging in southern Turkey has risen to four
Helicopters respond to the forest fire that broke out in Silifke district of Turkey's Mersin on July 31, 2021. Efforts to control the forest fire that broke out in Silifke district continue
A plane drops water over a forest fire that broke out two days ago in Aladag district of Adana in Turkey on July 31, 2021
Meanwhile, a 25-year-old volunteer died in another fire near the Turkish resort of Marmaris, 320 kilometers (200 miles) west of Antalya late Thursday, raising the death toll in the fires to four.
The state-run Anadolu Agency said the man was taking drinking water to firefighters but got in a motorcycle crash and perished in the fire.
The mountainside fire in Marmaris briefly threatened holiday homes and hotels on Thursday while guests at a luxury hotel in the Aegean beach resort of Guvercinlik, near the town of Bodrum, were evacuated in boats, reports said.
n aerial view of damaged area after a forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district in Antalya, Turkey on July 31, 2021. Cooling works still continue by fire crews
Pictured: A burned out forest is shown from above after a forest fire broke out in Manavgat district in Antalya, Turkey on July 31, 2021
Burned-out homes are shown from above in Turkey on Saturday after a fire ripped through the Manavgat district in Antalya
Pictured: A colour infrared satellite image shows fire lines and crews battling a wildfire near Oymapinar, Turkey July 29, 2021. Picture taken July 29, 2021
Azerbaijan announced it would send 500 emergency workers, helicopters and other equipment to help Turkey, a close ally, battle the blazes.
Erdogan said Azerbaijan would also provide an amphibious firefighting aircraft, in addition to firefighting planes sent from Russia and Ukraine. Neighbouring Greece also offered help.
In Greece, authorities on Friday ordered additional fire patrols and infrastructure inspections as the country grappled with a heat wave fed by hot air from Africa that is expected to last more than a week.
Pictured: A helicopter fights the forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district in Antalya, Turkey on July 30, 2021. Firefighter teams continue works to extinguish the fire
Pictured: Extinguishing works continue for the forest fire that broke out in Manavgat district in Antalya, Turkey on July 30, 2021
Pictured: Smoke rises from the fire that broke out near Armutalan neighbourhood of Mugla's Marmaris district in Turkey on July 30, 2021. The fire broke out on Thursday
Pictured: A firefighting aircraft fights the fire that broke out near Armutalan neighbourhood of Mugla's Marmaris district in Turkey on July 30, 2021
Pictured: Tourists watch, from the beach, a massive wildfire which engulfed a Mediterranean resort region, on Turkey's southern coast, near Marmaris, on July 30, 2021
Temperatures in Greece and nearby countries in southeast Europe are expected to climb to 42 degrees Celsius (107.6 Fahrenheit) Monday in many cities and towns and ease only later next week.
Turkish authorities launched investigations into the fires on Thursday. The mayor for Marmaris said he couldn't rule out 'sabotage' as a cause for the fire there.
Erdogan said Friday that the Interior Ministry and intelligence services were 'engaged in an intense effort' to shed light on the wildfires.
Wildfires are common in Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean regions during the arid summer months, though some previous forest fires have been blamed on arson or outlawed Kurdish militants.
In other Turkish provinces, authorities declared a ban on people entering forests in a bid to prevent more fires.
Fire continues to spread through the trees of a forest in Koycegiz district of Turkey's Mugla province on July 30, 2021
Pictured: A firefighter extinguishes a forest fire near the town of Manavgat, east of the resort city of Antalya, Turkey, July 30, 2021
Pictured: People try to help during a massive wildfire which engulfed a Mediterranean resort region on Turkey's southern coast near the town of Manavgat, on July 29, 2021
Fires continued in southern coastal provinces of Adana, Osmaniye, Antalya, Mersin and the western coastal province of Mugla, a popular resort region for Turks and foreign tourists, where some hotels have been evacuated this week.
Weather forecasts point to heatwaves along the Aegean and Mediterranean coastal regions, with temperatures expected to rise by 4 to 8 degrees Celsius over their seasonal average, Turkish meteorological authorities say.
They are forecast to reach 43 to 47 degrees Celsius in the coming days in Antalya, the main province of Manavgat.
'The weather is extremely hot and dry. This contributes to start of fires. Our smallest mistake leads to a great disaster,' Turkish climate scientist Levent Kurnaz said on Twitter.
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