Greece suffers from continuous high temperature and forest fires in many places
Hangzhou Net Release time: 2023-07-20 08:07
CCTV news client news recently, the temperature across Greece continued to rise, the highest temperature in the capital Athens and surrounding areas has remained above 37 degrees Celsius. Days of hot weather have also caused forest fires in many parts of Greece.
Since the 17th, three forest fires have occurred in the surrounding areas of Athens. In an area more than 30 kilometers north of Athens, the fire forced the evacuation of residents in four surrounding villages. Another fire, more than 90 kilometers west of Athens, led to the evacuation of a summer camp and a nursing home.
On the 18th, a reporter from the main station came to a place where a fire broke out, which is more than 30 kilometers southeast of Athens. When the reporter arrived, although the open fire had been extinguished, large areas of trees and grass had been burned.
Headquarters reporter Yang Mingjiao: When we came to the scene of the incident, we could see that most of the mountain behind me had been burned, and puffs of smoke could still be seen in the distance.
The reporter saw at the scene that helicopters flew over the sky from time to time to monitor the fire. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department is predicting a new heat wave will hit Greece this week, with temperatures reaching as high as 44C in some areas. This not only increases the difficulty for fire fighting, but also easily triggers new forest fires.
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2023-07-20 00:07:00
