"As forest fires continue to rage throughout Portugal, a deadly heat wave spreading across Southern Europe is causing concern in Spain and France. The rising temperatures are exacerbating more than 10,000 individual fires in Portugal which have burned more than 26,800 hectares (66,224 acres) of forest land across the country.
In Spain, the country's southern regions have been sweltering in temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) since last week and have claimed an estimated eleven lives so far.
The most recent victims, a 32-year-old man and an 82-year-old woman who died of heat strokes in the southern cities of Cordoba and Jaen respectively, were discovered on Monday while a 78-year-old woman died of a circulatory failure brought on by the high temperatures on the Canary Island of Tenerife over the weekend.
In the Spanish capital, Madrid, temperatures have hit 39.3C (103F) - a 73-year high. The latest heat wave brings back memories of the extreme heat that swept through Europe last summer, killing thousands. Exceptionally hot weather killed at least 141 people in Spain last year."
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