On the island of Rhodes, tour operators organized a mass evacuation, bringing home almost 1,500 holidaymakers. More than 260 firefighters are still battling the blaze. Complex situation also in Algeria: 34 people, including 10 soldiers, have already been killed by forest fires in the mountainous regions of Bejaia and Bouira. Again, 1,500 people were evacuated
Fromsouthern Europe to the North Africaall the countries bordering the Mediterranean are fighting to extinguish devastating fires fueled by strong and irregular winds as well as record temperatures, with a new heat wave between 45 and 50 degrees, causing huge damage to summer tourism
There Greece still records very high temperatures, in what is presented as “a new heat wave that will give no respite”, while the authorities are busy dealing with fires on the tourist islands of Rhodes, Corfu and Euboea (Evia), where tourists have been fleeing forest fires for days
In fact, the fires continue for the eighth consecutive day, which is why the Greek Prime Minister spoke in his heartfelt message to Parliament Kyriakos Mitsotakis warned that a “constant alert” is expected for the next few weeks. In his speech Mitsotakis underlined how important it is “to rebuild what we have lost, to compensate those who have been injured. Our priority will always be human life”, evaluating that “the climate crisis is already here, it will manifest itself everywhere in the Mediterranean with greater disasters ”
