From Nethy Bridge in the Cairngorms, to Bordeaux and its coastal peninsula, Cap Ferret, and then on to Madrid, communities across Europe are being forced to run for their lives from the wildfires now raging uncontrollably.
It is as if nature is biting back. Millions of people are affected directly or indirectly. Crops – including prized vineyards – are lost or at risk, property and businesses destroyed, tourism devastated.
