LISBON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- The record-breaking heat wave that has gripped Portugal in recent days is the harbinger of climate change and the wildfires are mostly due to poor forest management, experts here agree.
According to geophysicist and environmental researcher Filipe Santos, the heat wave has ravaged Portugal more severely because it occurred "during a period of intense drought" and the "rainfalls in the past ten months have only been half of the normal for this time of year."
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