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The air temperature in Rhodes has approached 40 degrees and is not going to subside, while it has not rained here for a long time. Thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from the south of the island due to severe forest fires.
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Thousands evacuated in Rhodes due to forest fires
Oleg Sokolenko
07/23/2023July 23, 2023
The air temperature in Rhodes has approached 40 degrees and is not going to subside, while it has not rained here for a long time. Thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from the south of the island due to severe forest fires.

Fire damaged hotel in Rhodes
Fire-damaged hotel in RhodesPhoto: EUROKINISSI/AFP
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Thousands of people, including tourists, have been evacuated from the south of the Greek island of Rhodes due to wildfires raging on the island. Greek television broadcast on the evening of Saturday, July 22, that residents of two villages and several hotels were evacuated - a total of about 8,000 people. Coast Guard officials reported about 1,500 people being taken by boat from the beaches of the south coast. Rescuers emphasize that in the coming days the number of evacuees may increase.

The smoke from the fires in the south of the island is so strong that it is “hard to breathe,” Deputy Mayor of Rhodes Konstantinos Traraslias told Skai TV. Media reports that eight people have already been hospitalized with respiratory problems. Fighting fires for emergency services is hampered by strong winds of variable direction blowing on the island.

Forest fires broke out in Rhodes due to extreme heat and drought. The thermometer in the south of the Greek mainland on Saturday rose in places to a mark of 44 degrees Celsius. On the islands of the Aegean Sea - about 38 degrees. It hasn't rained here for a long time. Forecasters do not promise relief in the coming days, noting that the current heat wave could be the longest on record.

In Rhodes now - about 20,000 tourists from Germany
According to the German Association of Tour Operators and Travel Agencies (DRV), there are now about 20 thousand tourists from Germany in Rhodes, while only a few of them have been evacuated, dpa reports. The association also emphasized that local rescue services are doing everything possible to move people at risk to safe places.

Forests are on fire not only in Greece because of the heat
A week ago, more than 4,000 people were evacuated on the Spanish island of Palma in the archipelago of the Canary Islands. The cause was also forest fires that broke out due to the extreme heat that swept Europe.

In 2022, more than 61,000 people died from the heat wave in Europe, according to a study published recently in the journal Nature Medicine.