That is why it is important for all of us, all the state services, to be on absolute alert, until the firefighting period is formally over,” Mitsotakis concluded.ĭroughts are becoming more frequent and more severe in southern Europe, and environmental authorities have warned that the region is at the greatest risk from the impacts of climate change on the continent. Meteorologists are already warning us that from the end of next week we may face another big prolonged heatwave. “I want to emphasize that August remains a difficult month. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at a Monday cabinet meeting that firefighters had battled around 50 fires during the last 24 hours across the country, while stressing that more could follow after meteorologists warned the heatwave was likely to continue. In Greece, scores of forest fires burned between Sunday and Monday with more than 700 firefighters being deployed to take control of the situation. Greece and Spain are also struggling with wildfires due to a continuous heatwave. The island's government declared an emergency over the weekend. Draghi said that his government was monitoring the situation closely and expressed “full solidarity with the population that is working non-stop in the rescue interventions.”Ī burned car in Sardinia. Solinas urged Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi to send economic help to the affected areas. Italy has also received support from neighboring countries, with France and Greece deploying four planes to provide assistance in putting out the flames.
Over recent days, the region deployed 7,500 people and over 20 aircraft to fight the fires. Artissu said most of the fires have been put out and they are now focusing on taking the necessary steps so they don’t start again.
Macfort fires update#
In an update on Tuesday, regional spokesman Ignazio Artissu told CNN the current estimate of burned area is around 20,000 hectares, but officials are still assessing the damage. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Imagesįloods in London are the latest sign big cities aren't ready for climate change Buses and cars were left stranded when roads across London flooded on Sunday, as repeated thunderstorms battered the British capital. A pedestrian crosses through deep water on a flooded road in The Nine Elms district of London on Jduring heavy rain.
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