00:00Europe is burning, and the summer holiday has turned into a nightmare.
00:03Wildfires are ripping through Italy, Greece, and Turkey,
00:06leaving scorched earth and chaos behind.
00:09On Sardinia's southern coast, flames tore towards the beach
00:12as terrified tourists fled by boat, with cars exploding behind them.
00:17In Turkey, temperatures hit a record-breaking 50.5 degrees Celsius.
00:22Fires have already killed at least 17 and forced tens of thousands to flee.
00:27Officials are calling it apocalyptic.
00:29In Greece, massive infernos from Crete to the Peloponnese
00:32have forced thousands of tourists and locals to evacuate.
00:36The skies are black with smoke,
00:37and fire crews are locked in what they call a titanic battle.
00:41It's not just one country.
00:42This is a continent-wide crisis.
00:45In Cyprus, an elderly couple burned alive trying to escape.
00:49In Albania, arson and heat have sparked firestorms forcing whole towns to evacuate.
00:54Even France saw fast-moving fires near Marseille
00:56that shut down flights and injured dozens.
00:59From Italy's beaches to Turkey's farmlands,
01:01Europe is in the grip of a deadly heat-fueled disaster,
01:04and experts say it might not end until October.
01:08This summer is rewriting records
01:09and revealing the terrifying new normal.
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