The Greek Fire Service and the Citizens’ Ministry of Defense issued a warning on Friday 9 July about wildfires due to high temperatures and strong winds. According to the warning, the following regions are at very high risk (level 4): Attica Central Greece, (Viotia, Evia, Fiotida) Peloponnese: (Corinth, Argolis, Laconia Northern Aegean: Lesvos, Chios, Samos, […]
According to initial estimates based on images from the European environmental satellite Sentinel-2, the devastating fires on July 2, 3 and 4 in the southeast of Kefalonia have burned about 25 hectares of forest land. The burn-up area was calculated by the services of the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr. The European Forest Fire […]
In British Columbia in western Canada, 130 wildfires are blazing from lightning strikes. The last week the country has been swept by abnormal heat, from which 719 people have died. Yesterday, Friday, the British Columbia Wildfire Service announced 12,000 lightning strikes and 136 associated wildfires. According to Cliff Chapman, director of operations for the province, […]
The Russian Be-200ES amphibious aircraft arrived in Greece today. It is reported that he will be involved in extinguishing forest fires in the country. The corresponding agreement between the Ministry of Citizens’ Protection of Greece, which is responsible for organizing measures to combat natural fires, and PJSC “Il” was officially signed in Athens, the newspaper […]
“Everything was burned, I cried in the morning,” – this is how the inhabitants of the Alepochori region describe the events when their houses were engulfed in a strong fire, which has been raging in the region of Western Corinthia for the third day already. Mr. Vasilis, who lives in Mavrolimni, left his home yesterday […]