Extremely high risk of wild fires in parts of Southern Sweden

Southern Sweden is facing high or very high risk of forest fires, locally extremely high. as a persistent high-pressure system brings warm and dry weather to the south.

Six helicopters and two water-scooping aircraft are standing by to fight potential fires from the air, Swedish Radio P4 Jönköping reports..

Listen to hear what Anders Edstam at the Swedish Civil Defence and Resilience Agency says about how climate change impacts Sweden's preparedness for wildfires. ...