Etiket: Greece
Natural disasters | Greece is suffering ‘a war in peacetime’, says PM Mitsotakis
(Thessaloniki) Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis judged on Saturday that Greece, hit by “the most serious fires and floods in its history” during the summer, was suffering “a war in…
Direct Incendies in the south of France, in Greece, in Italy, in Algeria… Dozens of victims and significant damage in the Mediterranean basin
The summer of 2023 puts the shores of the Mediterranean to the test of climate change. Violent fires have hit the countries around the Mediterranean causing many deaths and significant…
Greece still crushed by scorching heat
A water bomber plane with two pilots on board crashed in Greece on Tuesday while fighting one of the violent fires which ravaged this Mediterranean country in the grip of…
Greece still crushed by scorching heat
Greece remains on Tuesday in the grip of the heat wave and the fires which ravage part of the tourist islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Euboea, a situation which its…
Greece: the island of Rhodes in flames, tourists evacuated
Welcome World Greece Published on 07/24/2023 22:46 Video length: 1 min. France 3 Article written by France 3 – C. Cuello, R. Schapira, L. Feuerstein, C. Theophilos, @RevelateursFTV, A. Brodin…
Fires in Greece: the distress of tourists
Welcome World Greece Published on 07/24/2023 22:03 Video length: 1 min. France 2 Article written by France 2 – M.de Chalvron, L.Feuerstein, R.Schapira, C.Thephilos, L.Tositti, A.Brignoli, S.Lisnyj, E.Marot, Y.Kadouch France…
Trapped by flames in Greece, a British couple recounts their rescue in extremis
Traumatized British tourists can finally return home today. The couple have told how they had to flee Rhodes after finding themselves in the path of the fire that is ravaging…
Greece “at war” against fires, thousands of tourists evacuated
Firefighters continue Monday to fight the forest fires fanned by the heat wave in Greece after the unprecedented evacuation of thousands of tourists to the brutally shortened holidays in the…
67 new fires start in Greece, most out of control, and evacuations continue in chaos
Welcome World Greece Flames have been devouring the island of Rhodes in Greece for seven days. Despite the fierce fight of firefighters, the fires do not weaken, while new homes…
Fires in Greece | Firefighters are still battling the flames on the island of Rhodes
(Rhodes) More than 250 firefighters were still battling the flames on Sunday on the tourist island of Rhodes where 30,000 people were evacuated, “the largest operation” of the type “ever…
Greece | One dead and four injured in partial bridge collapse
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (ATHENS) One person was killed and four were injured in a partial bridge collapse for unknown reasons on Sunday in Patras, western Greece,…
Partial collapse of a bridge in Greece leaves one dead and four injured
Welcome World Greece A large-scale rescue operation is being carried out on the spot, in Patras, with firefighters and ambulances, while the heat wave continues in Greece. Posted on 07/23/2023…
IN IMAGES, IN PICTURES. Greece, Italy, the Balkans… Southern Europe battered by heat waves, floods and tornadoes
In Greece, thousands of tourists had to be evacuated from the island of Rhodes on Saturday, plagued by a violent fire. Extreme weather events are increasing in southern Europe. Thousands…
Fires in Greece: an evacuated Frenchwoman testifies
Welcome World Greece Posted on 07/23/2023 14:03 Video length: 1 min. FRANCE 2 Article written by France 2 – F. Bouquillat, A. Bocher, L. Barbier France Televisions Among the tourists…
Fires in Greece | Unprecedented evacuation operation on the island of Rhodes
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Athens) More than 30,000 people had to flee the flames on the very touristic island of Rhodes, “the largest evacuation operation ever carried…
Fires in Greece: an evacuated Frenchwoman testifies
Welcome World Greece Posted on 07/23/2023 14:03 Video length: 1 min. FRANCE 2 Article written by France 2 – F. Bouquillat, A. Bocher, L. Barbier France Televisions Among the tourists…
Fires in Greece | Hundreds of people evacuated by boat from the island of Rhodes
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Athens) More than 30 boats took part in an evacuation operation on the tourist island of Rhodes, Greece, on Saturday, where a forest…
Fires in Greece | People are evacuated by boat on the island of Rhodes
(Athens) More than thirty boats took part in an evacuation operation on the tourist island of Rhodes, Greece, on Saturday, where a forest fire has been raging for five days.…
Longest heat wave ever recorded in Greece, mercury on the rise in the United States
Greece is “probably” experiencing the longest heatwave on record in its history with temperatures expected above 44°C this weekend, as the record-breaking heat wave hitting the southern United States is…
Heat wave never seen in Greece, mercury on the rise in the United States
(ATHENS) Greece is “probably” experiencing the longest heatwave on record in its history with temperatures expected to rise above 44°C this weekend, as the record-breaking heat wave hitting the southern…