Editors of Time magazine picked as the Best of 2021 the heartbreaking photo of a desperate elderly woman with the flames of the wild fires nearing her home in Evia in the background. The picture was taken by photographer Konstantinos Tsakalidis for the agency SOOC on August 8, 2021. On …
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Wildfire raging on Evia: Evacuations, wind turbine exploded
A wildfire in the forest area of Petries in south Evia has forced the evacuation of at least two villages and brought a wind turbine to explosion that put in danger the lives of firefighters and volunteers. One firefighter has been injured. The firefighter was slightly injured with burns in …
Read More »Storm ELIAS floods Evia, causes problems in other regions (videos)
Storm ELIAS is testing with floods the residents of the island of Evia since the early morning hours of Wednesday. The severe weather phenomena flooded whole villages mostly in the northern part of the island and sent people on roof tops. Bridges collapsed when rivers and streams overflowed, landslides blocked …
Read More »Four big fires still burning in Greece; locals desperate (videos)
Four big fires are still burning in Greece on Friday, August 25, 2023. Despite the firefighters efforts, the flames in Mt Parnitha, Viotia, Evros and Rodopi keep doing their destruction work. Locals are desperate about the loss of their homes and the absence of state support. The picture of the …
Read More »Ammunition explosions: Defense Ministry inspects fire safety in military sites
Following the ammunition explosions in the depot of the country’s biggest air base, 111 Combat wind, due to wildfires, Deputy Defense Minister, Nikos Hardalias, travels to military sites throughout Greece in order to inspect their fire safety measures. “As a political leadership we want to guarantee the issues concerning the …
Read More »Greece wildfires release record 1 megatone of Carbon Emissions
Wildfires in Greece released a record 1 megaton of carbon emissions between July 1 and July 25, 2023, the EU Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service said. That was nearly double the previous July 2007 record, with the smoke plumes fouling air quality in regions downwind. The intense wildfires burning in Greece …
Read More »Fire in West Αttica out of control: desperate locals, highway closed (videos)
Desperate residents in Nea Zoi village, western Attica, have been crying for help as the flames approach their homes early Tuesday afternoon. They complained to Skai TV that have not seen any firefighter or engines or even water-dropping aerial means to halt the fire front heading to their village. Confused …
Read More »Evia delicacies at mini food expo at Syntagma metro Jan 6-8
Locally produced food delicacies from the northern section of the island of Evia will be on show at the Syntagma metro station exhibition hall in downtown Athens from Friday to Sunday, January 6-8, 2023. The three-day mini food expo aims to showcase to Athenians the broad selection of foods produced …
Read More »Evia wildfire mostly under control on Sunday; Fire Service on alert (picts)
The wildfire front on the island of Evia was mostly under control, authorities said on Sunday, almost 24 hours after a fire broke out in the forest area between the villages Kremasto and Gaia, forcing the evacuation of the first, late on Saturday night. Firefighters and aerial means managed to …
Read More »Evia shepherd missing in the floods, found dead, his car broken apart
A 70-year-old shepherd from Evia who had been missing in the floods since Thursday was found dead early Friday afternoon. The man had gone to check for his animals as stormy weather front Ballos was striking the area with heavy rainfall. The shepherd had called the Fire Service short after …
Read More »Greece Gov’t spokesman blames God for the floods in northern Evia
“Nobody can mess up with God,” government spokesman said in all seriousness at the briefing on Monday regarding the floods in northern Evia that was devastated by the forest fires in last August. “The problem was not that the burned roads were blocked” he said adding “unfortunately nobody can mess …
Read More »Evia: Floods and infrastructure damages as storm hits burned-down areas
Rainfalls on Saturday caused serious damages along the Agia Anna-Achladia-Kotsikia in northern Evia that was greatly destroyed during the forest fires in August. Dozens of flooded homes and businesses, broken infrastructure and landslides, and a new nightmare for the people who face anothe rmore disaster with the first rainfall of …
Read More »Residents evacuated, houses burned down when wildfire broke out at resort near Athens
Greek authorities ordered outlying parts of the coastal resort town Nea Makri near Athens evacuated late Monday after a large wildfire broke out in the area. At least two houses and several vehicles were burned down, but no injuries to residents or firefighters were reported. Γαμω την τρέλα μου.. και …
Read More »Marmari and two settlements evacuated due to wildfire in southern Evia
The village of Marmari and two settlements were evacuated early Monday morning after a large fire broke out in the early morning hours in area of Karystos on the southern part of the island of Evia. The fire started at 2:30 in the morning increasing suspicion on arson. The fire …
Read More »Civil Protection warns of Extreme High Risk of wildfires on Aug 22 (MAP)
Greece’s Civil Protection warns of Extreme Risk of wildfires (ALARM LEVEL 5) for the Regional Units of Attica as well as for Central and South Evia on Sunday, August 22, 2021. At the same time, it warns that several parts of the country are at Very High Risk (Level 4, …
Read More »Evacuations of villages as forest fires rage in South and West Attica
Houses in south-eastern Attica are on fire and the powerful wind is moving the blaze towards the protected National Forest of Cape Sounion on Monday. Three settlements have been evacuated as firefighters and aerial means rushed to the area. Mainly affected is currently the settlement Markati near Kearatea, some 50 …
Read More »Greece shows its gratitude to foreign firefighters (videos)
Officially and unofficially Greece showed its gratitude to the foreign firefighters who assisted the country in the battle against the devastating wildfires in Attica, Evia and Peloponnese. Local communities danced together with the foreign firefighters, local teams took souvenir pictures and the convoys departed with a hell of a noise. …
Read More »26% increase of fires in Greece, 450% increase of burned areas
The surface area of land burnt during the fires starting on August 3 on the island of Evia is approximately 465,820 stremmas (46,582 hectares), the National Observatory of Athens’ center ‘Beyond’ said on Thursday. The figure was reached after analysing 4 different high-resolutuon images from the European satellite Sentinel-2 on …
Read More »“I screamed Help! when I didn’t see my husband” says the woman-symbol of Evia fires
Panagiota Ritsopi, 81 years old: An elderly woman in black, screaming in agony as the flames swallow the forest and threaten her home. The woman who became the face of the tragedy in Evia. Her picture taken by Konstantinos Tsakalidis became the symbol of the devastation the fires engraved in …
Read More »Greek PM on fires: “Unprecedented attack by the nature”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis defended his government on Thursday as public anger grew over the response to wildfires that have ripped through thousands of hectares of forest over the past 10 days. “We are on the 10th day of unprecedented attack by nature,” Mitsotakis started his introductory speech at …
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