Greece wildfires – आवारा मुसाफिर

“More welcoming than ever” Rhodes fully functional

August 1, 2023830 Views

Visitors reassured ahead of holidays on South Aegean island as emergency measures lifted after wildfires With the island of Rhodes becoming fully operational once again for visitors, Greek government and tourism officials have reassured travellers who have booked - or are thinking about booking - that the South Aegean island is ready to welcome them. Wildfires prompted the evacuation of more than 20,000 visitors and caused disruption to many on holiday on the island. But the Greek government have announced that the remaining villages that had been evacuated as a precaution are safe for residents and visitors to return to. Tourism officials have stressed that Rhodes remains "more welcoming than ever", and that only a very limited number of the hotels in the fire-affected south...

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Wildfires sweep through Mediterranean

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August 6, 20211152 Views

Thousands of people fled their homes on the outskirts of Athens on Friday as emergency crews struggled to stop wildfires from spreading to more towns while scorching winds fuelled blazes across Greece for the fourth day. Like elsewhere in Europe, Greece has been grappling with extreme weather this summer and a week-long heatwave - its worst in 30 years - has sparked simultaneous wildfires in many parts of the country, burning homes and killing animals as flames tear through thousands of acres of land. Flames rise as a wildfire burns at the village of Afidnes, north of Athens, Greece August 6, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas There were 56 active fronts across Greece on Friday, from the Peloponnese to the island of Evia near the capital, where hundreds of people had to be evacuated by ...