ENVR Greece: Island of Rhodes burning down. Being evacuated.

mzkitty

mzkitty

I give up.
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
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Doesn't look like a very large island.


Rhodes, the largest of Greece’s Dodecanese islands, is known for its beach resorts, ancient ruins and remnants of its occupation by the Knights of St. John during the Crusades. The city of Rhodes has an Old Town featuring the medieval Street of the Knights and the castlelike Palace of the Grand Masters. Captured by the Ottomans and then held by the Italians, the palace is now a history museum. ― Google
Area: 541 mi²
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
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Greece fires: Warning Rhodes fires could worsen as thousands flee homes and hotels

Greece's fire service apologised for "a mess", but said the situation could worsen due to the weather.
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Greece fires: Thousands flee homes and hotels on Rhodes as fires spread​


Thousands of people have been evacuated from homes and hotels on the island of Rhodes, according to Greece's fire service.

Private boats have joined the Greek coastguard in helping to pick up people from beaches on the east of the island.

Greek navy vessels are also reported to be heading to the area, which is popular with tourists.

Greece's deputy fire chief said the fires on Rhodes are the most difficult his service is currently facing.

Five helicopters and 173 firefighters are operating in the area, with three hotels in the Kiotari area reported to have been damaged by fire.

One British woman said she was evacuated from the hotel she was staying at with her sister and daughter, but was now stuck on a beach with hundreds of others in the severe heat.

"There's just a small shack here and there's so many of us," Becky Mulligan told the BBC. "There's children, it's the middle of the day, we are just stuck here with no help, it's disgusting."

Simon Wheatley said ash had begun falling onto his pizza when he was eating.

"The hotel said this was normal and there was no need to worry as they were in contact with the authorities about the situation," he told the BBC.

His hotel was later evacuated.

"We saw that a beach bar that we were at just the day before had burnt down. The smoke was so bad. We had to leave two bags of luggage."

Travel company TUI said a small number of its hotels had been affected and it was relocating customers to alternative accommodation as a precaution.

Firefighters from Slovakia arrived on Rhodes on Saturday to help local teams battling the fires.

"The situation in Rhodes is serious and extremely difficult. Due to the strong wind and quickly changing direction of the fire, firefighters had to withdraw and move," Slovak Fire and Rescue Services posted on Facebook.

Part of the Slovak rescue team had moved to the coastal resorts to help evacuation efforts there, they said.

Greece is facing further intense heat this weekend, with meteorologists warning that temperatures could climb as high as 45C (113F).

It could turn into Greece's hottest July weekend in 50 years, one of the country's top meteorologists has said.

Firefighters are continuing to battle dozens of wildfires across the country. An area west of Athens is among the worst-hit areas, along with Laconia in the southern Peloponnese and the island of Rhodes.

And authorities are warning of a very high risk of new blazes as the heat continues to rise.

People have been advised to stay home, and tourist sites - including Athens' ancient Acropolis - will be shut during the hottest parts of the next two days.

Greece - like a number of other European countries - saw a prolonged spell of extreme heat earlier this month.

The latest heatwave comes at one of the busiest times for the country's tourism industry.
 
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WalknTrot

Veteran Member
From that satellite map, looks like they have plenty of unaffected island to retreat to. A pretty rocky, dry environment and vegetation. Not a lot to burn, but what does burn, burns fast and moves on.

I have no faith that these 2nd rate, struggling, essentially broke, uber-corrupt Euro-countries have any capacity to deal with something like this.
 
Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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WalknTrot said:
From that satellite map, looks like they have plenty of unaffected island to retreat to. A pretty rocky, dry environment and vegetation. Not a lot to burn, but what does burn, burns fast and moves on.

I have no faith that these 2nd rate, struggling, essentially broke, uber-corrupt Euro-countries have any capacity to deal with something like this.
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That's what I'm seeing, a lot of scrub.


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BornFree

BornFree

Came This Far
WalknTrot said:
From that satellite map, looks like they have plenty of unaffected island to retreat to. A pretty rocky, dry environment and vegetation. Not a lot to burn, but what does burn, burns fast and moves on.

I have no faith that these 2nd rate, struggling, essentially broke, uber-corrupt Euro-countries have any capacity to deal with something like this.
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Planned climate change is what it is. Loss of millions of acres of forest to keep the planet cool. Instead we have smoke particulate.
 
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