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Friday, August 3, 2018

Record heat is stoking wildfires in Europe - and it's setting off leftover bombs from World War II

[greece wild fire]REUTERS/Costas Baltas * RECORD-SETTING HEAT IS CREATING PROBLEMS ALL OVER EUROPE. * DEADLY FOREST FIRES HAVE ALREADY SWEPT ACROSS GREECE, AND BLAZES ARE BURNING IN GERMANY AND ELSEWHERE. * THE HEAT AND FIRES IN GERMANY HAVE AN ADDED DANGER: LEFTOVER WORLD WAR II MUNITIONS. ------------------------- Europe is wilting under record heat that has already sparked deadly fires and looks unlikely to relent any time soon. The heat is exacerbating another problem that European countries have long dealt with: Still-potent weaponry left over from World War II.SEE THE REST OF THE STORY AT BUSINESS INSIDERNOW WATCH: I spent a day with Border Patrol agents at the US-Mexico border SEE ALSO: * Russia wants to bring back a weird Soviet-era 'flying boat' to gain an edge in the Arctic, but it may never take off * The Air Force retired its first stealth aircraft more than a decade ago, but it's still lurking in the skies over the US * Trump's attacks on NATO are 'like a gift' to Putin, a former US Army leader in Europe says, but Putin still has his own reasons to worry SEE ALSO: GERMANY'S MILITARY IS STRUGGLING AMID RISING TENSIONS WITH TRUMP AND RUSSIA, AND NOW IT'S THINKING ABOUT ASKING FOREIGNERS TO JOIN


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