World Central Kitchen expanded fresh-meal support for evacuated families and first responders as wildfires moved across Spain and southern France. Teams worked with local restaurants and cooks in affected communities, adapting operations as fire conditions shifted.
Wildfires across France and Spain forced more than 325,000 people from their homes during July 2026. Reporting on 29 July placed the evacuation total at 330,000, including about 220,000 people in France and more than 110,000 in Spain. Three firefighters were reported killed in Greece as fires spread across southern Europe, while more than 42,000 hectares…
The World Health Organization reported the containment of an Andes hantavirus outbreak linked to the Netherlands-flagged cruise ship M/V Hondius. By 2 July 2026, 13 cases had been notified: 12 laboratory-confirmed and one probable. Three people died, giving a reported case fatality ratio of 23 per cent. All cases involved people who had travelled aboard…
A long-running drought has left a broad belt of Europe under an Orange GDACS alert after months of pressure on farmland and water supplies. The event began on 21 December 2025 and its latest assessment covers 29 countries, from Ireland and Spain across central and eastern Europe to Ukraine and Russia. GDACS estimates that medium agricultural-drought…