'Cooked alive': Europe's wildfires hit tourism spots and forests

A firefighter works to extinguish a wildfire near Saint-Vallier, south-western France, August 12. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor

MADRID/PODGORICA (Reuters) -Firefighters across Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and the Balkans were battling wildfires on Tuesday, with another heatwave pushing temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) across parts of Europe.

Global warming is giving the Mediterranean region hotter, drier summers, scientists say, with wildfires surging each year and sometimes whipping up into "whirls".