Overview

• Spain’s cabinet designated disaster zones across 16 of 17 regions to speed relief for victims of 113 recent wildfires as well as severe floods and storms.
• Authorities said 15 major fires remain active, with the most concerning in Zamora, León and Lugo, while overall firefighting conditions have improved.
• Portugal’s civil protection confirmed the country’s largest-ever blaze is under control after burning more than 64,400 hectares, with nearly 1,000 firefighters and 300 vehicles still engaged.
• International assistance is winding down, with German, Finnish, French and Romanian crews beginning phased departures and a 67-strong German contingent heading home.
• EFFIS estimates put Spain’s burned area at over 4,100 square kilometers this year and Portugal around 2,700, with four deaths in each country, as experts tie the extreme season to hotter, drier summers.