Thousands Evacuated , as Wildfires Ravage Greece.
Thousands Evacuated , as Wildfires Ravage Greece.
ABC News reports that firefighters are currently working to extinguish over 100 wildfires blazing across Greece.
ABC News reports that firefighters are currently working to extinguish over 100 wildfires blazing across Greece.
The country is facing
its worst heat wave
in over thirty years.
On August 3, Athens saw temperatures climb
to as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
On August 3, Athens saw temperatures climb
to as high as 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
According to Greece's Civil Protection
Chief, Nikos Hardalias, 118 wildfires broke
out over the past 24 hours in the country. .
An EU disaster response group said that firefighters and emergency equipment were being sent to Greece.
Meanwhile, wildfires have also broken out
in Italy, Albania and North Macedonia.
Following the situation
with great concern.
European solidarity
is at work to fight
these terrible fires, Ursula von der Leyen,
European Commission President,
via Twitter.
Following the situation
with great concern.
European solidarity
is at work to fight
these terrible fires, Ursula von der Leyen,
European Commission President,
via Twitter.
An initial calculation by the National Observatory
of Athens indicates that between Aug. 1 and Aug. 4,
around 14,826 acres were burned in Greece's wildfires.
Thousands have already been evacuated
from several suburbs north of Athens