Greece on high alert as wildfire risk reaches extreme levels
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Greece will remain on high alert Sunday due to the risk of vegetation fires, authorities issuing a Category 4 warning – a very high fire risk for Attica, including Kythira Island, Viotia and Evia regions, including Skyros, Cyclades and Crete islands, inform ehathimerini.com. Big problems are also in Croatia. Article Violent fires are devastating Europe. Critical situation in Greece. EU declared alert appears first on Romania TV.
Greece is on Sunday under a very high risk warning from vegetation fires, with authorities establishing Category 4 - a very high risk of fire for several tourist regions, including Attica, Evia, Cyclades and Crete. The strong wind and temperatures up to 35 degrees Celsius increase the danger of outbreak and rapid spread of fires.
Wildfire risk seen as greatly reduced on Monday after days of high alert
For the first time in weeks, over-stretched Greek firefighting forces can look forward to a respite Monday, with civil protection authorities placing the country on a maximum category-3 risk of wildfire on a 5-notch scale.
According to the Daily Fire Risk Forecast Map of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, the Attica Region, including Kythira, the Regional Units of Boeotia and Evia, along with Skyros, the Cyclades and the entire Region of Crete are placed under Code Red. The activation of the Red Code means the full mobilization of available human resources and the required means to prevent and deal with possible forest fires. The Municipalities and Regio…
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