Greek firefighters struggle to contain blazes – in pictures
Greek firefighters have been struggling for five days to contain deadly wildfires throughout the country, several of them bordering an acrid, smoke-filled Athens Continue reading…...
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Hospitals forced to evacuate amid deadly wildfires in Greece – video
At least 18 bodies have been found in the Alexandroupolis region of north-east Greece where firefighters are battling a major wildfire. Record-breaking heatwaves continue to...
Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
Weather ballon climbs to 5,300 metres before temperature falls to 0C amid late summer heatwave A Swiss weather balloon had to climb to an unprecedented...
Tenerife wildfire ‘started deliberately’ as blazes in Greece force evacuations
Canary Islands regional president opens inquiry into fire, while people flee from four Greek villages An out-of-control wildfire on Tenerife that has forced thousands to...
Italian fugitive caught after passion for football betrays his location
Vincenzo La Porta spotted in a photo of fans celebrating in Corfu after Napoli won Italy’s league championship Love for his Naples football team betrayed...
‘This is another beast’: UN chief heat officer on living amid fires, how to cool cities and fears for her daughter
Eleni Myrivili, whose job is to help cities prepare for extreme heat, says many people do not understand how deadly it can be It is...
Most fires in Greece were started ‘by human hand’, government says
Official blames arsonists for the majority of 667 blazes that have spread in the extreme weather Most of the 667 fires that have erupted across...
‘Everyone is indoors’: life on pause on hottest day of Greek heatwave
There were few people to be seen in Mystras as temperatures were forecast to reach 46C “It’s hot,” said Panagiotis Vahaviolos, with some understatement. “So...
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean gripped by wildfires as blazes spread in Croatia and Portugal
‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe Wildfires were burning in at least...
Travel firms flying tourists to Rhodes are ‘profiteering’, senior Tory says
Alicia Kearns backs calls for the government to advise against travel to the Greek island Travel firms that continue to fly tourists to Rhodes have...
