Unprecedented summer temperatures after the warmest winter ever have turned terrain into a tinderbox, environmentalists say“It hurts, we have grown up in this forest. We feel great sadness and anger,” 24-year old Penteli resident Marina Kalogerakou told Reuters outside her home, which the flames had nearly reached.Watch footage from Greece as firefighters battle wildfires. Continue reading…
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Author : Lili Bayer
Publish date : 2024-08-12 09:38:41
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Greece orders evacuations near Athens as wildfires rage – Europe live
