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Greek officials advise staying in with windows shut due to fires near Athens
2024-08-11 in The GuardianWhole neighbourhoods are being evacuated from nearby the capital as firefighters mount huge effort to put out blazes
Tagged under: Wildfires | Greece
Residents evacuated as wildfires near Athens spreads
2024-08-11 in The BBCThousands have to leave their homes as fires reach the suburbs of the Greek capital.
Tagged under: Greece
Scientists explain why Greece is so badly hit by climate change
2024-06-24 (or before) in EuronewsMarine heatwaves, medicanes and island microclimates: Here’s why Greece is on the frontlines of climate change in Europe.
Tagged under: Greece
Why some scientists think extreme heat could be the reason people keep disappearing in Greece | CNN
2024-06-19 by in CNNAs climate change fuels longer and more severe heat waves, scientists are trying to unravel the impacts of extreme heat on the body, and in particular the brain.
Tagged under: Greece
Greece weather heatwave: Foreign Office warns tourists after four dead and more missing in record early temperatures | The Independent
2024-06-17 in The IndependentThe earliest recorded heatwave could be a taste of what is to come for the country expecting record tourism this year, Rich Booth reports from Greece
Tagged under: Greece
Acropolis closed during hottest hours in Greece’s earliest heatwave on record
2024-06-12 in The GuardianTemperatures expected to reach 43C in Athens and across country, prompting school closures and health warnings
Tagged under: Greece
Greece: Athens closes Acropolis and schools as heatwave strikes
2024-06-12 in Sky NewsAn excessive heat warning has been issued by Greece's weather service from Wednesday morning to 8pm on Thursday, with forecasts saying Athens will see conditions just below 40C (104F).
Tagged under: Greece
'Liquid gold': A shortage of olive oil has fueled a record price spike
2024-05-02 in CNBCA shortage of olive oil has driven prices to record highs, fueled a crime surge and pushed the industry into crisis mode.
Tagged under: Greece
A Dismal Harvest Concludes in Greece
2024-02-19 in oliveoiltimes.comWith the country’s olive oil production almost halved compared to last year, record prices at origin have shaped a market searching for equilibrium.
Tagged under: Greece
Greece Warns of Infectious Diseases After Floods Leave Livestock Dead
2023-09-25 (or before) by in VOA - Voice of America English NewsPrime minister to promise aid to flood-hit locals, and rebuilding of Greece's heartland
‘People feel unprotected’: Greeks lose faith in state after Storm Daniel and a summer of wildfires
2023-09-16 in The GuardianBefore the catastrophe in Libya, the cyclone brought devastation to Thessaly – and there are fears the climate crisis will bring more
Tagged under: Libya | Wildfires | Greece
Greek PM under attack over handling of Storm Daniel disaster response
2023-09-11 in The GuardianKyriakos Mitsotakis faces biggest crisis yet as residents ask where money for ‘immediate’ flood relief has gone
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Inside the horror of Europe's biggest wildfire
2023-09-09 (or before) in The BBCThe story of a world turned to ash by a forest fire that burned for weeks in northern Greece.
Greek floods: PM Mitsotakis warns of very unequal battle with nature - BBC News
2023-09-09 (or before) in The BBCRescuers try to reach hundreds of people trapped by floods in Greece where 10 people have died.
Tagged under: Greece
Watch: Damage caused by torrential rain in Greece
2023-09-09 (or before) in The BBCOver a dozen people are known to have died since Storm Daniel hit Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Tagged under: Greece
Floods in Greece, a statistical and spatial approach
2023-09-09 (or before) in ResearchGatePDF | Flooding is one of the most important types of disasters in southern Europe recording many victims and extended damages over the last century. The... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Tagged under: Flooding | Greece
Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU
2023-08-29 in The GuardianEleven planes and helicopter from bloc sent to tackle fire that has burned more than 300 sq miles of land
Tagged under: Wildfires | Greece
Barcelona gives hats to homeless people as heatwave sweeps southern Europe
2023-08-24 in The GuardianGreek firefighters continue to battle wildfires and 17 areas of southern France remain on red alert
Tagged under: Spain | Wildfires | Greece
Zero-degree line at record height above Switzerland as heat and fire hit Europe
2023-08-21 in The GuardianWeather balloon climbs to 5,300 metres before temperature falls to 0C amid late summer heatwave
Even in Greek towns razed by wildfires, people don’t blame the climate crisis. That must change | Christy Lefteri
2023-08-14 in The GuardianMany see climate breakdown as a problem of the future, but it’s here now. To move forward, we must understand our part in it, says author Christy Lefteri
Tagged under: Climate Change | Wildfires | Greece
‘It was hell but the owner said, you have to work’: dying from heat in Greece
2023-08-04 in The GuardianGreece relies on its tourism industry. But intense heatwaves, which have led to wildfires across the country, are making life a misery for thousands of staff who have to work outside – and killing some of them
Tagged under: Health | Heatwaves | Wildfires | Greece
‘Like a blowtorch’: Mediterranean on fire as blazes spread across nine countries
2023-07-26 in The Guardian‘There is no magical defence mechanism,’ says Greek prime minister as fires burn in northern Africa and southern Europe
Tagged under: Spain | Africa | Heatwaves | Greece
What frightens me about the climate crisis is we don’t know how bad things really are | Roger Harrabin
2023-07-25 in The GuardianAs the barrage of bad news from places like Greece continues, all we can be certain of is there are many surprises lying ahead, says analyst Roger Harrabin
Tagged under: IPCC | Climate Change | Wildfires | Greece
Greece fires: Warning Rhodes fires could worsen as thousands flee homes and hotels - BBC News
2023-07-22 (or before) in The BBCGreece's fire service apologised for "a mess", but said the situation could worsen due to the weather.
Tagged under: Greece
Southern Europe braces for second heat storm in a week
2023-07-16 in The GuardianNew system pushing into region from north Africa could lead to temperatures above record 48.8C
Tagged under: Spain | Africa | Greece
Olive Fruit Fly Could Undermine Greek Olive Oil Production
2022-12-05 in oliveoiltimes.comThe fruit fly threatens expectations of a bumper crop. Experts suggest a change in established practices of fighting the pest.
Tagged under: Greece
Heatwave: More evacuations as Mediterranean wildfires spread - BBC News
2022-07-17 (or before) in The BBCWildfires force France to evacuate some 16,000 people, as Spain, Croatia and Greece are also hit.
Tagged under: Spain | Wildfires | Heatwaves | France | Greece
This is what a year of climate disasters looked like
2021-12-19 (or before) in YouTubeFrom -25C temperatures in Spain to a record-equalling 54.4C in Death Valley, the extremes of our climate are becoming more acute. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/...
Tagged under: Spain | Extreme Weather | Texas | California | Louisiana | Greece
Greece fires: 150 houses destroyed by wildfires as monks refuse to leave stricken island
2021-08-05 in The GuardianVillages on Evia are evacuated as blaze rages across the island, and fires also threaten suburbs of Athens and historic Olympia
Tagged under: Wildfires | Greece
High winds kill thousands of migrating birds in 'disaster' over Greece
2020-04-09 in The GuardianSwallows and swifts on their annual flight from Africa to Europe have been found dead across Greece
Tagged under: Extreme Weather | Africa | Wildlife | Greece
Olive Oil Production Data in Europe Reveal Divergent Trends
2019-03-27 in oliveoiltimes.comProduction in Italy and Greece is down sharply. In Spain and Portugal, it's dramatically higher.
Tagged under: Greece
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