Police evacuate Swiss mountain villages as wildfires spread

Swiss police ordered the evacuation of several mountain villages in the canton of Valais on Monday as a forest fire spread, which was still burning the next day. 'The fire is spreading towards Ried-Morel-Riederhorn,' police tweeted, saying they would evacuate the Ried-Morel village, near the town of Brig, which is close to the Italian border. Police later added that three other villages were to be evacuated and warned of rockfalls. The area is affected by the same Mediterranean heatwave affecting southern Europe, with temperatures set to exceed 30C in parts of the Valais canton this week, forecasts show Extreme heatwave live: Greece battles to contain wildfires as temperature in Italy forecast to hit 46C Extreme temperatures recorded across northern hemisphere