The World Is on Fire: Devastating Blazes Wreak Havoc Across Globe Wildfires have ravaged over 370 million acres of land across 80 countries this year, scorching regions from sub Saharan Africa's savannahs to France's Atlantic coast luxury resorts.
This unprecedented scale and ferocity are driven by record breaking temperatures and drought exacerbated by climate change.
Images of apocalyptic landscapes have become all too familiar: raging fires tearing through verdant woodlands, sending thick plumes of black smoke into dusty skies.