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| Greece fires: Satellite images and maps show extent of damage | Greece fires: Satellite images and maps show extent of damage |
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| Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and abandon holidays on Greek islands including Rhodes and Corfu as fires spread across the region. | Tens of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes and abandon holidays on Greek islands including Rhodes and Corfu as fires spread across the region. |
| In Rhodes a black scar has been scorched across the middle of the island to the southern town of Kiotari. | In Rhodes a black scar has been scorched across the middle of the island to the southern town of Kiotari. |
| Satellite images show the extent of the damage to the popular holiday resort. | Satellite images show the extent of the damage to the popular holiday resort. |
| The flames have destroyed many homes and businesses in the town. | The flames have destroyed many homes and businesses in the town. |
| The fires have been burning since last week on Rhodes, where temperatures have reached 45C. | The fires have been burning since last week on Rhodes, where temperatures have reached 45C. |
| More than 30,000 people have fled the flames on the island since the weekend, Greece's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. | More than 30,000 people have fled the flames on the island since the weekend, Greece's largest-ever wildfire evacuation. |
| Some 16,000 people have been transported across land and another 3,000 evacuated by sea, police say. Others have had to leave by road or use their own transport. | Some 16,000 people have been transported across land and another 3,000 evacuated by sea, police say. Others have had to leave by road or use their own transport. |
| They include thousands of tourists who had to make for temporary shelters like sports stadiums before getting the emergency planes laid on by travel companies. | They include thousands of tourists who had to make for temporary shelters like sports stadiums before getting the emergency planes laid on by travel companies. |
| But with Greece in the middle of a long spell of extreme heat that has increased the risk of wildfires across the country, Rhodes is not the only place that has been affected. | But with Greece in the middle of a long spell of extreme heat that has increased the risk of wildfires across the country, Rhodes is not the only place that has been affected. |
| Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the country is "at war" with the wildfires and warns it faces "another three difficult days ahead" before temperatures are expected to drop. | Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis says the country is "at war" with the wildfires and warns it faces "another three difficult days ahead" before temperatures are expected to drop. |
| LATEST: Firefighting plane crashes in Greece | LATEST: Firefighting plane crashes in Greece |
| Rhodes wildfires are 'like a biblical catastrophe' | Rhodes wildfires are 'like a biblical catastrophe' |
| Drone footage shows fire-ravaged Rhodes | Drone footage shows fire-ravaged Rhodes |
| Civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilia says fire crews have been fighting more than 500 fires across the country over the past 12 days - including in Midea on the mainland. | Civil protection minister Vassilis Kikilia says fire crews have been fighting more than 500 fires across the country over the past 12 days - including in Midea on the mainland. |
| Firefighters also say the situation in Corfu and Evia is not totally under control. | Firefighters also say the situation in Corfu and Evia is not totally under control. |
| Satellite images show smoke blowing from fires on the blackened hills near Kassiopi in the north of Corfu. | |
| And Crete, the largest of the Greek Islands, has been also been put on high alert because of an extreme risk of fire. | And Crete, the largest of the Greek Islands, has been also been put on high alert because of an extreme risk of fire. |
| The situation in Greece is the result of a heatwave across southern Europe and northern Africa that has helped create dry conditions and also let fires take hold in Sicily, Croatia, Algeria and Tunisia. | The situation in Greece is the result of a heatwave across southern Europe and northern Africa that has helped create dry conditions and also let fires take hold in Sicily, Croatia, Algeria and Tunisia. |
| The situation would have been "virtually impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say, adding it has made the heatwave in Europe 2.5C hotter. | The situation would have been "virtually impossible" without human-induced climate change, scientists say, adding it has made the heatwave in Europe 2.5C hotter. |
| By Chris Clayton, Dominic Bailey, Tural Ahmedzade and Kate Gaynor | By Chris Clayton, Dominic Bailey, Tural Ahmedzade and Kate Gaynor |
| Related Topics | Related Topics |
| Tourism | Tourism |
| Europe heatwaves | Europe heatwaves |
| Greece | Greece |
| Wildfires | Wildfires |
| Climate change | Climate change |
| Heatwaves | Heatwaves |