More Wildfires break out again in southern Rhodes in Greece
- More evacuation flights are taking place as wildfires continue to grip the Greek island of Rhodes
- The fire service says further fires broke out on the island overnight, and the situation in Corfu and Evia is not totally under control.
- Hundreds of tourists have already left Rhodes, with many sleeping in schools, airports and sports centres as they waited for flights
- The Greek prime minister is expected to discuss the situation later this morning amid concern on the impact on the tourist industry
- A European heatwave has helped create dry conditions that let fires take hold in Greece, Sicily, Croatia, Algeria and Tunisia
- The situation would have been "virtually impossible" without human-induced
- climate change, scientists say.
- FULL ARTICLE AT: Greece fires latest: More fires break out in Rhodes as evacuations continue - BBC News
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