World · Important news for 16 August 2026

Wildfires and severe weather caused tragedies across Europe, including two deaths and evacuations on the Greek island of Salamis (also known as Salamina), alongside Belgium battling its largest fire in over a century near the German border, and a separate fatal mudslide in northwest Spain.

• Two people died in fires on the Greek island of Salamis.
• Belgium is fighting its biggest fire in more than a century, leading to evacuations.
• Fires broke out on the Greek island of Salamina.
• Two fatalities reported with evacuations currently underway.
• Two women aged 60 and 80 died in a mudslide in northwest Spain.