EXTREME weather has left France flooded and Turkey ablaze with tourists evacuated from their hotels.
Firefighters are battling an inferno in Antalya, Turkey, while the coastal Carmague region of southern France has been drowned in floodwater.
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Footage emerging from Turkey shows raging flames engulfing what looks like a holiday resort near a river in the town of Belek.
Trees were seen burning as locals filmed the scene in horror.
Meanwhile in France an “orange alert” for thunderstorms and extensive flooding has been introduced across both Paris and the Île-de-France region.
It comes after the coastal region of Carmague was battered by heavy rainfall, leaving it completely flooded.
In Turkey the media reports that a fire broke out on Saturday evening in the Kundu district near Antalya, where popular tourist hotels are located.
Firefighters confirmed that the fire then spread to the provinces of Mugla and Aydin because of strong winds.
A total of 14 aircraft, 20 helicopters and more than 800 personnel are involved in extinguishing the fire, Akmu news reports.
Meanwhile, further north, forecasters Meteo France have now warned that extreme weather could start buffeting the European holiday destination in a matter of hours.
With Carmague underwater a warning has been issued that Provence and the Alpes could soon follow suit as sheets of rain lash the country.
Meteo France said rainfall could reach as high as up to 70 to 90mm in some areas and, locally, 120mm in just a few hours.
People have been warned to expect extreme “intense, widespread and thundery” weather.
Harrowing images coming out of Turkey show flames and smoke billowing into the sky close to high-rise apartment buildings in Antalya, where local and foreign visitors flock during the summer months.
Homes and hotels were evacuated in the city centre and the outlying district of Aksu as the fire advanced, news agency DHA reported.
Firefighters struggled to extinguish the blazes before strong winds could spread the fire, which closed a major coastal road.
Streets were left completely submerged in France by the torrential downpours
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In Southern France people are bracing for “hail, sometimes medium or large, strong electrical activity, violent gusts and even whirlwinds.”
It comes as a powerful Atlantic high-level current crosses France from Brittany.
Several thunderstorms are now expected to batter the picturesque areas of the country with one Southern region already experiencing extreme flooding.
Tourists and residents in France have now been advised to remain vigilant and avoid travel.
In Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the country faced “a truly great disaster” after 25,000 people got involved in the emergency effort to fight the fire.
Turkey has faced widespread outbreaks of forest fires since late June.
Firefighters were battling more than 600 fires fuelled by high winds in the drought-hit nation.
Residents watched in horror as their homes were torched up and forestry continued to burn.
Aftermath photos showed scorched cars and buildings while firefighters worked desperately to fight the flames.
France’s forecaster Mateo France have warned: “A worsening rainstorm will cross the southeast of the country on Sunday afternoon and evening.
“Significant accumulations of rain in a short period of time are to be feared, but also a risk of hail and gusts of wind.”
Things have become so bad that Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 match with Marseille has been postponed by a day while the country weathers the storm.
It comes days after extreme weather battered Spain which was hit with 100kph wind, flash flooding and chaos.
Tourists and residents in France have been told to avoid travelling as the extreme weather kicks in
Cars have been forced to wade through inches of water after huge downpours lashed the country
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