A heatwave is continuing to affect the Iberian Peninsula. Thousands of firefighters have been deployed to battle ongoing blazes and towns have been evacuated. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited affected regions to meet with the heads of emergency teams.

This year is turning into one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory in Europe. Firefighters are struggling to contain out-of-control wildfires in western Spain and Portugal.

The country’s weather agency expects temperatures to fall and humidity to rise, but adverse conditions remain in south.

The northern regions of mainland Portugal are once again under a red heat alert. From 10 August, temperatures may rise again in the country.

Firefighters battle raging wildfires in Portugal and Bulgaria, while Finland braces for damaging storms - Anadolu Ajansı

Smoke from wildfires in Southern Europe has brought hazy conditions to the UK, disrupting the current heatwave, forecasters have said. The UK experienced the fourth heatwave of the summer this week, with some areas seeing the mercury climb above 33C in the hottest places.