BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Torrential rainstorms hit Romania overnight into Monday, triggering flash floods in the northeast of the country and…

An official in Turkey says the country faces a “very risky week” for wildfires as blazes across parts of southeast Europe and the Balkans damaged homes and led to a huge firefighting operation that included evacuations. Nearly 100 people face prosecution over the fires in Turkey. Blazes erupted near Turkey’s fourth-largest city Bursa over the weekend. A wildfire also erupted Monday in forests outside the western port city of Izmir where 11 aircraft were helping ground-based fire units and residents battle the blaze. Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli told reporters in Ankara on Monday that “we are in a very risky week." Blazes were also affecting Greece, Bulgaria and Albania.

Wildfires have engulfed Turkey for weeks, threatening Bursa, the country’s fourth-largest city and forcing over 1,700 people to flee. The fires spread rapidly overnight, turning the sky red over Bursa's eastern suburbs. More than 1,900 firefighters are fighting the flames, and the highway to Ankara is closed. Meanwhile, firefighters in the neighboring countries of Greece and Bulgaria were also battling blazes fed by unusually high temperatures, dry conditions and strong winds. In Greece, firefighters battled active wildfires in the country’s southwest and on the island of Kythera on following a blaze that scorched a northern Athens suburb the day before.

NEW YORK (AP) — When world leaders, diplomats, business leaders, scientists and activists go to Brazil in November for the United Nations' ann…