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October 17, 2017

At Least 40 Dead as Wildfires Rage in Spain, Portugal
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Meanwhile, in the Iberian Peninsula, at least 40 people are dead in
Portugal and northern Spain, as wildfires raged through bone-dry forests
and farmlands. Firefighters say dozens of the 145 fires raging in both
countries remain dangerous and uncontrolled. In London, the combination
of smoke from the Spanish fires and moisture from Ophelia turned the sun
red and the sky a deep yellow, in what residents called one of the most
ominous weather developments in years.


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