...and fearful sights... Luke 21:11
"Wildfires rampaged through Greek forests for yet
another day Saturday, threatening homes and triggering more evacuations a
day after hundreds of people were plucked off beaches by ferries in a
dramatic overnight rescue.
treated in hospitals. Dozens of fires were burning across the country
Saturday, blazes that one official described as “a biblical
catastrophe.”
Greece has been baked by its most protracted heatwave in 30 years, with temperatures soaring to 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
beaches on Evia,
an island of rugged, forested mountains popular with tourists and
campers, after approaching flames cut off other means of escape.
A local official in the Mani region of the Peloponnese estimated the
wildfire there had destroyed around 70 per cent of her area. “It’s a biblical catastrophe. We’re talking about three-quarters of the
municipality,” East Mani Deputy Mayor Drakoulakou told state broadcaster
ERT, pleading for more water-dropping aircraft.
One volunteer firefighter has died and at least 20 people have been
Greece has been baked by its most protracted heatwave in 30 years, with temperatures soaring to 113 degrees Fahrenheit.
Scores of homes, businesses and farms have been burnt over the last week in fires that broke out during Greece’s most protracted and intense heatwave in three decades. The scale of Greece’s wildfires has been breathtaking, with more than 100 breaking out across the country over the past few days.
In apocalyptic scenes that went into the night, small ferries and other boats evacuated 1,400 people from a seaside village and
More than 850 firefighters were working to extinguish the flames
north
of Athens, Hardalias said, with Greek forces reinforced by French,
Cypriot and Israeli firefighters." Breitbart