Firefighters battled on Monday to put out wildfires in three separate provinces of Turkey, in Greece and near a tourist resort in Albania, stoked by strong winds after days of searing heat across the Mediterranean region.

A wildfire north of Ankara raged for a sixth day, forcing evacuations in over a dozen villages and burning swathes of forest.

Torrential rainstorms have hit Romania, triggering flash floods in the northeast and killing at least one person.