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In Corfu, approximately 2,466 individuals were evacuated overnight, Yannis Artopios, a spokesperson for the fire department said. Videos on social media show flames engulfing Corfu as smoke and ...
More than 500 fires battled over two weeks in Greece, says minister. 08:30, Tara Cobham. More than 500 fires have ripped through Greece over almost two weeks, a government minister has said.
Holiday and flights advice as flights to Greece cancelled amid wildfires. Between 7,000 and 10,000 Britons currently on Rhodes, minister says. 09:57, Maryam Zakir-Hussain. Foreign office minister ...
The Corfu incident ( Greek: κατάληψη της Κέρκυρας, romanized : Katalipsi tis Kerkyras, Italian: crisi di Corfù) was a 1923 diplomatic and military crisis between Greece and Italy. It was triggered when Enrico Tellini, an Italian general heading a commission to resolve a border dispute between Albania and Greece, was murdered ...
Corfu (/ k ɔːr ˈ f (j) uː / kor-FEW, - FOO, US also / ˈ k ɔːr f (j) uː / KOR-few, -foo) or Kerkyra (Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized: Kérkyra, pronounced ⓘ) [a] is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, [1] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the nation's northwestern frontier with Albania. [2]
In July 2023, multiple wildfires started in Greece. They resulted in at least 28 deaths [1] and injured 75 people, with over 80 wildfires being recorded. Seventy-nine people were arrested for arson. [2] High temperatures reached 41.0 °C (105.8 °F), with highs anticipated to reach 45.0 °C (113.0 °F) in Rhodes. [3]
Authorities in Greece have issued fresh evacuation orders for parts of Corfu as wildfires erupted on the island.. Fires in Rhodes have already forced 19,000 people to leave their homes as ...
2019. 2023 (June) v. t. e. The 2021 Greece wildfires were multiple wildfires in Greece in August 2021, which killed 3 people, [4] [5] injured at least 20 others and burned dozens of homes, after a historic heatwave for the country, with the highest temperatures reaching 47.1 °C (116.8 °F). Authorities evacuated several villages and towns.