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☆ Photos show Sahara dust turn Athens orange
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Sophie Kiderlin | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Athens and the south of Greece appeared to be coloured in orange and red after dust from the Sahara engulfed the area on Tuesday evening. Strong winds had carried the dust across hundreds of miles from Africa. The dust is expected to clear throughout Wednesday, when winds are set to ease, local media reported. The strong winds alongside hot temperatures also raised concerns about wildfires, with the Greek Fire Service saying 25 had broken out in the 24 hours to Tuesday evening, according to a Google translation.

Organizations: Greek Fire Service Locations: Athens, Greece, Sahara, Africa

CNN —Storm Elias dumped several months-worth of rain in less than a day as it swept across Greece on Wednesday, just weeks after Storm Daniel killed 17 people in the southern European nation. The flooded city of Volos after storm Elias hit on September 27. The port city of Volos in Thessaly is among those to have been hit hard by both storms. Floods in the city of Volos, Greece, after storm Elias hit on September 27. The floods caused by Storm Daniel, which followed devastating wildfires in the country, “have the fingerprints of climate change,” Greek environment minister Theodoros Skylakakis told CNN on September 12.

Persons: Storm Elias, Storm Daniel, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Elias, Louisa Gouliamaki, Daniel, ESWD, Istiaia, Theodoros Skylakakis, “, ” Organizations: CNN, World Meteorological Organization, ERT Locations: Greece, European, Thessaly, Volos, Evia

Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has said that it is facing a “totally extreme weather phenomenon” and has urged the public to follow instructions from authorities. A man drives his bike in rising waters, during a storm in the city of Volos, Greece, September 5, 2023. Anastasia Karekla/Eurokinissi/ReutersCars drive among debris and mud, following a flash flood during a storm in the city of Volos, Greece, September 5, 2023. As the storm enters the Mediterranean Sea, it may take on characteristics similar to a tropical storm. Known as “medicanes,” these systems can bring dangerous conditions to the Mediterranean Sea and coastal countries similar to tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific.

Persons: Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Anastasia Karekla, Daniel Organizations: CNN, Reuters Locations: Greece, Evia, Agios Georgios, Volos, Skiathos, Europe

☆ 18 People Killed in Greek Wildfire May Be Migrants, Authorities Say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Niki Kitsantonis | More About Niki Kitsantonis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Greek firefighters recovered the bodies of 18 people on Tuesday who they believe may be migrants in the Evros region of northern Greece, close to the city of Alexandroupolis, where a major wildfire was burning for a fourth day. The charred remains were found near a shack on the border of the Dadia Forest, a spokesman for the Greek fire service, Yiannis Artopios, said in a televised briefing. There have been no reports of missing people in the area, so the authorities said they were examining the possibility that the dead “had entered the country illegally,” Mr. Artopios said. No further details were available about the dead. The Evros region, where the bodies were found, is on the border with Turkey and is a crossing point for thousands of migrants seeking to enter Europe through Greece.

Persons: Yiannis Artopios, “, ” Mr, Artopios Locations: Evros, Greece, Alexandroupolis, Dadia, Turkey, Europe

☆ Wildfires rage across the Mediterranean destroying land and claiming lives
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Barbie Latza Nadeau Hamdi Alkhshali Martin Goillandeau Isa Soares Sugam Pokharel Elinda Labropoulou Chris Liakos Hande Atay Alam Laura Paddison | Barbie Latza Nadeau | Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

More than 8,000 firefighters have been deployed to control the blazes as residents living near forested areas were evacuated, according to EPTV. Nasri Elyas/APThe Algerian Ministry of the Interior announced at least 34 deaths in multiple forest fires across the country. A 98-year-old man died as flames reached his home in the coastal city of Reggio Calabria in southern Italy, according to ANSA. Flames burn a tree in Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. Angelos Tzortzinis/AFP/Getty ImagesIn Turkey, forest wildfires ignited Monday night in the southern Mediterranean province of Antalya, according to Antalya Municipality’s statement.

Persons: Nasri Elyas, Billel, Nello Musumeci, ”, Alberto Lo Bianco, Fabrizio Villa, Maria Feggou, ” Feggou, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Petros Giannakouris, Angelos Tzortzinis, Muhittin Bocek, “, ” Bocek Organizations: CNN, EPTV, Reuters, Algerian Ministry of, Interior, ANSA, Civil, Twitter, Residents, Hellenic Red Cross, Greek Air Force, Getty, Anadolu Locations: Italy, Greece, Algeria, North, Bourbatache, Sicily, Calabria, Abruzzo, Puglia, Reggio Calabria, Palermo, Capaci, Catania, Rhodes, Corfu, Evia, Crete, Vati, AFP, Turkey, Antalya, Antalya’s Kemer, Croatia, Dubrovnik, Croatian

☆ Raging Fires on Rhodes Force Thousands to Scramble for Refuge
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Niki Kitsantonis | More About Niki Kitsantonis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The first time, he said, he and his family fled their hotel with wet towels over their heads, fearing for their lives. After the third evacuation, they spent the night in a hotel lobby, watching the flames in the distance, he added. “The fires look terrifying in the darkness,” Mr. Kalburgi wrote in a message to a New York Times reporter late Saturday. Nobody knows anything,” Mr. Kalburgi noted. He said that he was hoping to leave the island on Sunday evening after managing to book plane tickets.

Persons: Ioannis Artopios, —, Rhodes, Paul Kalburgi, Mr, Kalburgi Organizations: New York Times Locations: Greece, Patras, British, ”

[1/4] A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire burning near the village of Pournari, Greece, July 18, 2023. The blaze raged in the area of Dervenochoria about 30 km (18.6 miles) north of Athens. Fire fighters managed to contain other blazes southeast and west of the Greek capital but the fronts were still active. A mayor told Greek television that more than 7,000 acres of land was reduced to ashes along a coast, where many Athenians have holiday homes. Greece still has memories of a wildfire disaster in 2018, when a blaze killed 101 people in the seaside town of Mati, east of Athens.

Persons: Ioannis Artopoios, Janez Lenarcic, Kyriakos, Giorgos Nikolaou, Angeliki Koutantou, Stelios Misinas, Lefteris Papadimas, Simon Cameron, Moore, Sharon Singleton Organizations: REUTERS, Union, Greek Fire Service, Fire, Canadair, EU Crisis, Thomson Locations: Pournari, Greece, DERVENOCHORIA, Athens, Dervenochoria, France, Italy, Brussels, America, Kouvaras, Anavyssos, Lagonissi, Loutraki, Mati

KOUVARAS, Greece, July 17 (Reuters) - Two wildfires, fanned by strong winds, raged uncontrolled through coastal towns near Athens on Monday forcing residents to flee their homes and prompting the evacuation of hundreds of children from a summer camp. The blaze that broke out in the village of Kouvaras, about 27 km (17 miles) southeast of the Greek capital, spread fast amid erratic winds, a Greek fire service official said. Dozens of horses were evacuated in trucks as the flames reached stables in the nearby areas of Kalyvia and Anavyssos. [1/10]Flames approach a house as a wildfire burns in Saronida, near Athens, Greece, July 17. There is a very high risk for fires," Artopoios said adding that strong winds will persist.

Persons: Ioannis Artopoios, Stelios Misinas, Artopoios, Greece's, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, We've, Stamos, Lefteris, Angeliki Koutantou, Renee Maltezou, Andrew Heavens, Sharon Singleton, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Police, Fire, Flames, REUTERS, Authorities, Thomson Locations: KOUVARAS, Greece, Athens, Kouvaras, Lagonisi, Kalyvia, Loutraki, Saronida, Dervenochoria, Brussels, Mati

☆ Wildfires rage near Greek capital, houses damaged
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] People stand near a house, as a wildfire burns in Kouvaras, Greece, July 17, 2023. The blaze that broke out in the village of Kouvaras, about 27 km (17 miles) from the Greek capital, spread fast amid erratic winds, a Greek fire service official said. Greek television showed several houses and cars gutted by the blaze and thick white smoke billowing from burning vegetation. Nervous horses were moved away from burning stables to trucks in the nearby village of Kalyvia, Reuters footage showed. The Greek meteorological service has warned of a high risk of fire, just as the country is recovering from the first major heatwave of the summer.

Persons: Stelios Misinas KOUVARAS, Ioannis Artopoios, Stamos Prousalis, Stelios Misinas, Lefteris Papadimas, Angeliki Koutantou, Andrew Heavens, Sharon Singleton, Christina Fincher Organizations: REUTERS, Fire, Thomson Locations: Kouvaras, Greece, Athens, Kalyvia, Loutraki

☆ Greece Train Crash Leaves at Least 36 Dead
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Eric Sylvers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Firefighters and rescuers on the scene after the rail accident near Larissa, Greece. A train carrying several hundred people crashed late Tuesday night into a freight train in Greece, killing at least 36 and injuring more than 80. As of late Wednesday morning, 150 firefighters and 30 ambulances were at the scene as the search for survivors and victims continued, according to the Greek fire service. The crash occurred near the city of Larissa on the main line that runs between the Greek capital of Athens and Thessaloniki, the country’s second-largest city.

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