In July 2026, severe wildfires ravaged Spain and France, marking some of the most damaging incidents in recent history. The NASA Earth Observatory monitored these events utilizing Landsat 9 satellites, revealing that Spain experienced its largest wildfire on record, consuming roughly 50,000 hectares, while France faced over 90,000 hectares charred by the end of July. Firefighters in southwestern France identified the nation's first-ever pyrocumulonimbus cloud generated by wildfires. Experts attribute this outbreak to a combination of a wet winter, soaring temperatures, drought conditions, and powerful winds, raising alarms about the potential for future wildfire seasons.
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