Wildfires in Greece: Blazes in front of the gates of Athens
E ach year, wildfires in Greece wipe out forests and destroy homes. But while the government has promised to take stricter ...
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Forest fires in Greece: Experts explain why extreme weather is battering the Mediterranean country
Greece is confronting another dangerous summer, with firefighters battling a major forest fire just northeast of Athens on Monday. Hospitals and residential suburbs had to be evacuated as the fire ...
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Greece wildfires: At least 74 dead as blaze 'struck like flamethrower'
Survivors of the wildfires that have killed at least 74 people in Greece have described how they were forced into the sea by a blaze that "struck like a flamethrower". "The flames were chasing us ...
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Greece wildfires rage out of control
Firefighters are battling out of control forest fires in Greece. Locals and tourists have been evacuated as fires continue to rage near the city of Corinth in the eastern Peloponnese for a second day.
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Hotel fire near monastic sanctuary in Greece leaves 1 dead, 11 hospitalized
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Officials say a hotel fire near a monastic sanctuary in central Greece, has left its owner dead and 11 hospitalized. The three-story building suffered extensive ...
Fire weather: How extreme wildfires became the rule – not the exception
Days of extreme and unusual heat preceded Chile’s wildfires in February of 2024. Temperatures soared to the upper 30s – more ...
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Russian Beriev Be-200 aircraft makes over 30 flights to put out fires in Greece — Rostec
MOSCOW, August 5. / TASS /. Russia’s Beriev Be-200 aircraft made more than 30 sorties to extinguish wildfires in Greece, the Rostec state corporation said on Thursday. "While extinguishing fires ...