AT least 17 people have been killed in apocalyptic wildfires tearing through Turkey as record-breaking 50C heat and howling winds fuel devastation across the eastern Mediterranean. The infernos

After extreme heat hits many parts of southern Europe in another heatwave, conditions should improve for holidaymakers.

Greece and Turkey continue to battle major wildfires amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures reached 42.4C in central Greece at the weekend, with emergency services battling fires in the Peloponnese area of Athens and on the popular tourist islands of Kytheria and Crete.

Turkey has been hit by a record high temperature of 50.5 degrees as southeastern Europe reels under a heat wave and battles wildfires.

The previous heat record in temperature, recorded in August 2023, was 49.5 deg C. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Turkey has recorded a new national heat record of 50.5°C, fuelling wildfires and water shortages as the region faces an extreme heatwave.

An official in Turkey says the country faces a “very risky week” for wildfires as blazes across parts of southeast Europe and the Balkans damaged homes and led to a huge firefighting operation that in