Wildfire threat moving east, threatening Italy and Greece, EU says

Greece, Italy and Central Europe are set to face heightened wildfire risk in the coming weeks, threatening further disasters even as wildfires continue to blaze in Spain and France, the head of the EU’s emergency response centre said on Wednesday.

Maria Zuber, head of the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre, said the ongoing heatwave meant the next few days would be “very difficult” in France, but that other countries should also prepare for imminent potential disasters....