2023-07-19 17:00:39
The speed at which these fires are spreading is really frightening. As we approached the village of Kandili from Athens, a haze of dirty smoke began to cloud the horizon. Outdoors, the simple act of breathing feels uncomfortable and ash flakes on our clothes. Forest fires have now been burning for a few days and people’s homes have been destroyed in some places. For those on the front line of this unfolding catastrophe, this is an awful time. We meet Stella, who has just been asked to leave her property in Kandili in the town of Mandera, an outer suburb of Athens. She is confused and afraid of what comes next. “I did not sleep. Look, see what’s going on. I haven’t slept in two days because I knew the fire was coming here. I could see it, and I felt it. We didn’t all sleep. I was out all night,” she told me. Emergency response is now being prepared across this region. Latest Heat Wave – Experts Reveal Forecast Patterns For August As flames approach settlements, police sirens ring near the crackling bonfires. The air is thick with suffocating smoke. Not surprisingly, now the response has been urgent – the police have issued evacuation orders for people to leave. Warming of the Earth increases the frequency of these wildfires. Read more: How a heatwave will affect your vacation Inside the emergency response room as wildfire fears grow Why is Europe hit by a Cerberus heatwave? In Kandili and across the Mandera district, they are trying to put out fires and creating ground fires by using bulldozers to prevent the flames from jumping into the next area of brush. However, it is often hopeless with the amount of resources they have; Strong gusty winds are feeding an inferno out of control in many places. Until now, it was mainly forests and farmland that were consumed by the fire but this may not remain the case for long. Like many residents of Kandilli, Manolis believes the authorities have been slow to act. “It was only 9 in the morning that only one helicopter had flown. If they had acted sooner, they might have saved more.” Containing fires in an area so dry from cascading heat waves is almost impossible, when one fire is put out another starts. Thousands of acres of land have so far been reduced to a black wasteland. The Greek government is now asking the European Union for more help to help the country’s firefighters deal with this emergency. Here the climate crisis is very real and it’s getting worse. The speed at which these fires are spreading is really frightening. As we approached the village of Kandili from Athens, a haze of dirty smoke began to cloud the horizon. Outdoors, the simple act of breathing feels uncomfortable and ash flakes on our clothes. Forest fires have now been burning for a few days and people’s homes have been destroyed in some places. For those on the front line of this unfolding catastrophe, this is an awful time. We meet Stella, who has just been asked to leave her property in Kandili in the town of Mandera, an outer suburb of Athens. She is confused and afraid of what comes next. “I did not sleep. Look, see what’s going on. I haven’t slept in two days because I knew the fire was coming here. I could see it, and I felt it. We didn’t all sleep. I was out all night,” she told me. Emergency response is now being prepared across this region. Latest Heat Wave – Experts Reveal Forecast Patterns For August As flames approach settlements, police sirens ring near the crackling bonfires. The air is thick with suffocating smoke. Not surprisingly, now the response has been urgent – the police have issued evacuation orders for people to leave. Warming of the Earth increases the frequency of these wildfires. Read more: How a heatwave will affect your vacation Inside the emergency response room as wildfire fears grow Why is Europe hit by a Cerberus heatwave? In Kandili and across the Mandera district, they are trying to put out fires and creating ground fires by using bulldozers to prevent the flames from jumping into the next area of brush. However, it is often hopeless with the amount of resources they have; Strong gusty winds are feeding an inferno out of control in many places. Until now, it was mainly forests and farmland that were consumed by the fire but this may not remain the case for long. Like many residents of Kandilli, Manolis believes the authorities have been slow to act. “It was only 9 in the morning that only one helicopter had flown. If they had acted sooner, they might have saved more.” Containing fires in an area so dry from cascading heat waves is almost impossible, when one fire is put out another starts. Thousands of acres of land have so far been reduced to a black wasteland. The Greek government is now asking the European Union for more help to help the country’s firefighters deal with this emergency. Here the climate crisis is very real and it’s getting worse. The speed at which these fires are spreading is really frightening. As we approached the village of Kandili from Athens, a haze of dirty smoke began to cloud the horizon. Outdoors, the simple act of breathing feels uncomfortable and ash flakes on our clothes. Forest fires have now been burning for a few days and people’s homes have been destroyed in some places. For those on the front line of this unfolding catastrophe, this is an awful time. We meet Stella, who has just been asked to leave her property in Kandili in the town of Mandera, an outer suburb of Athens. She is confused and afraid of what comes next. “I did not sleep. Look, see what’s going on. I haven’t slept in two days because I knew the fire was coming here. I could see it, and I felt it. We didn’t all sleep. I was out all night,” she told me. Emergency response is now being prepared across this region. Latest Heat Wave – Experts Reveal Forecast Patterns For August As flames approach settlements, police sirens ring near the crackling bonfires. The air is thick with suffocating smoke. Not surprisingly, now the response has been urgent – the police have issued evacuation orders for people to leave. Warming of the Earth increases the frequency of these wildfires. Read more: How a heatwave will affect your vacation Inside the emergency response room as wildfire fears grow Why is Europe hit by a Cerberus heatwave? In Kandili and across the Mandera district, they are trying to put out fires and creating ground fires by using bulldozers to prevent the flames from jumping into the next area of brush. However, it is often hopeless with the amount of resources they have; Strong gusty winds are feeding an inferno out of control in many places. Until now, it was mainly forests and farmland that were consumed by the fire but this may not remain the case for long. Like many residents of Kandilli, Manolis believes the authorities have been slow to act. “It was only 9 in the morning that only one helicopter had flown. If they had acted sooner, they might have saved more.” Containing fires in an area so dry from cascading heat waves is almost impossible, when one fire is put out another starts. Thousands of acres of land have so far been reduced to a black wasteland. The Greek government is now asking the European Union for more help to help the country’s firefighters deal with this emergency. Here the climate crisis is very real and it’s getting worse. The speed at which these fires are spreading is really frightening. As we approached the village of Kandili from Athens, a haze of dirty smoke began to cloud the horizon. Outdoors, the simple act of breathing feels uncomfortable and ash flakes on our clothes. Forest fires have now been burning for a few days and people’s homes have been destroyed in some places. For those on the front line of this unfolding catastrophe, this is an awful time. We meet Stella, who has just been asked to leave her property in Kandili in the town of Mandera, an outer suburb of Athens. She is confused and afraid of what comes next. “I did not sleep. Look, see what’s going on. I haven’t slept in two days because I knew the fire was coming here. I could see it, and I felt it. We didn’t all sleep. I was out all night,” she told me. Emergency response is now being prepared across this region. Latest Heat Wave – Experts Reveal Forecast Patterns For August As flames approach settlements, police sirens ring near the crackling bonfires. The air is thick with suffocating smoke. Not surprisingly, now the response has been urgent – the police have issued evacuation orders for people to leave. Warming of the Earth increases the frequency of these wildfires. Read more: How a heatwave will affect your vacation Inside the emergency response room as wildfire fears grow Why is Europe hit by a Cerberus heatwave? In Kandili and across the Mandera district, they are trying to put out fires and creating ground fires by using bulldozers to prevent the flames from jumping into the next area of brush. However, it is often hopeless with the amount of resources they have; Strong gusty winds are feeding an inferno out of control in many places. Until now, it was mainly forests and farmland that were consumed by the fire but this may not remain the case for long. Like many residents of Kandilli, Manolis believes the authorities have been slow to act. “It was only 9 in the morning that only one helicopter had flown. If they had acted sooner, they might have saved more.” Containing fires in an area so dry from cascading heat waves is almost impossible, when one fire is put out another starts. Thousands of acres of land have so far been reduced to a black wasteland. The Greek government is now asking the European Union for more help to help the country’s firefighters deal with this emergency. Here the climate crisis is very real and it’s getting worse.
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