ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters and volunteers in southern Greece battled a wildfire for a third day that has killed two people and devastated a large forested area, prompting pledges ...
More firefighters, more volunteers, thermal imaging cameras and drones cannot hide the fact: The climate crisis, with its intense heat and drought, is increasing the risk of unstoppable wildfires ...
Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and tourist resorts in Crete as a wildfire tears through forests on the Greek holiday island. The Greek fire department said that more than 230 ...
Riot police have fired tear gas at farmers attempting to block the main access road to the international airport in Greece’s ...
Athens, Greece — Fire crews in Greece, Spain and Portugal raced Thursday to contain wildfires, taking advantage of calmer winds that slowed the blazes’ advance. Much of southern Europe, however, ...
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A fire at a hotel Monday left its owner dead and 11 people hospitalized near the centuries-old monasteries at Meteora in central Greece. The three-story hotel in Kalambaka, ...
Greek fire service spokesman Lt Col Yannis Artopoios says fires have spread further on Rhodes. Two more villages have now been evacuated: Malona and Masari. These are small villages, with hundreds of ...
Rescue workers are in a desperate search for survivors after a head-on collision between two trains in central Greece killed dozens of people and injured scores, leaving strewn carriages and heaps of ...
This year, Greece's annual infernos decided not to wait for the official start of wildfire season on May 1. In the dry and warm month of March alone, the Greek fire service recorded around 1,359 ...