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Britain Is Burning: Record Dry Spell Fuels West Midlands Fires as Europe Bakes Under Relentless Heat

England has seen barely a drop of rain this August, and the landscape is paying the price. Fires tore through the West Midlands, sending 19 people to hospital and leaving dozens more needing treatment, while Croatia scrambled to evacuate thousands from its own blazes. This is what a continent under sustained heat stress looks like in real time.