According to NASA, climate change has increased fire risk in many regions due to warmer and drier climatic conditions.
The WMO, the World Meteorological Organization, said that in May and June some parts of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the southwestern United States recorded extremely high temperatures.
In addition, Italy, Portugal and most of France had winter rainfall 20-30% under the seasonal norm, according to French climatologist Michele Blanchard.
Moreover, a 2016 study of the European Commission showed that the fire-prone surface area of southern Europe could double in the 21st century.
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