Spain is in the path of totality for a solar eclipse next week—the mainland’s first since 1905. But will wildfire smoke and mass evacuations disrupt the highly anticipated experience?

More than 60,000 residents fled their homes, including by boat, to escape two major blazes along the Atlantic coast.

ATHENS/ CARCES, France Aug 1 (Reuters) - Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds burned across multiple areas of Greece on Saturday, forcing residents to flee as conditions worsened again in parts of Spain and France.

Heat waves and scant rainfall in Europe have contributed to historic wildfires in France and Spain that have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes in one of the continent’s biggest evacuation efforts since World War II.

Wildfires advanced towards the outskirts of the historic city of Bordeaux, at the heart of France's winelands, on Sunday as

By Janis Laizans and Emma Pinedo BORDEAUX/MADRID, July 27 (Reuters) - Firefighters sought on Monday to take advantage of more favourable weather conditions to subdue massive wildfires threatening the French city and tourist region of Bordeaux and a number of sites in neighbouring Spain.

Countries such as Spain and France can expect fire regimes more like those of California as climate change favours hot, dry conditions, scientists suggest.

French forces have joined operations near Bordeaux after blazes forced 110,000 to flee the south-west. In Spain, military units are leading efforts under a national emergency as merged fires near Madrid and Ávila displaced or confined 60,