The editors of Time magazine chose a heartbreaking photo of a desperate elderly woman in the background of her house in Evia. Photo taken by photographer Konstantinos Tsakalidis for SOOC on August 8, 2021. On its Instagram account, Time notes: New TIME cover: the best photos of 2021. On the Greek island of Evia, a […]
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From Austria with love: humanitarian aid to the victims of the fires in North Evia
According to a press release issued by the Greek Society of Austria, 20 tons of humanitarian aid – essential goods for the victims of the fire in North Evia – arrived by road from the port of Patras to their destination. The humanitarian cargo from Austria was touchingly met by Abbot Geronda (Elder – Ed.) […]
1/3 of the forests destroyed on Evia
According to the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr, a third of Evia’s forests have been destroyed by catastrophic fires. Using the CORINE database of the European Union, it has been calculated that 23% of the total area of Evia is covered with forests of various species. According to recent detailed satellite records, the fire […]
Heartbreaking photos: understanding life
Photos from the fire in Evia, taken against the oppressive background of a fire blazing on the horizon, clouds of smoke and local residents, depicted on their faces with despair and agony, fly around the Internet, becoming the chronicle of a monstrous disaster. Some of the photos are really shocking. This is not one or […]
Fires in Evia: how 25-year-old volunteers, in sandals and shorts, saved houses from fire
The villagers had to endure very dramatic moments during the catastrophic fire in Evia. How 25-year-old volunteers helped them, local media told. Wuta, Cypressi, Monokarya. These are villages located in the north of Evia, which were almost completely wiped off the face of the earth by the fire element. However, some of the buildings were […]
More than 100 thousand hectares burned in Attica and Evia
The BEYOND Center of the National Observatory of Athens (EAA) has published an update on the assessment of burned areas in Varibobi and Evia, based on the VIIRS satellite imagery of the European Forest Fire Information System (FFIS) platform. According to experts, the area burned out to date in the Attica region is 7,615 hectares, […]