Warnings the wildfires scorching the Mediterranean are likely to get worse before they get better.

Impacts are widespread across the region, with forest fires killing at least 34 people in Algeria.

In Greece, two pilots are dead after their water-bombing plane crashed attempting to put out a blaze spreading across the island of Evia.

Europe Correspondent, Gavin Grey, told Kate Hawkesby close to 3,000 tourists have been evacuated from Rhodes.

He says it's being described as a living nightmare and 19,000 people have evacuated from the island as temperatures reach 40 degrees.

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