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In Greece, the government has ordered the suspension of work between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m. local (0900-1400 GMT) in areas where the risk from heat is very high, and also requested remote work for ...
Greece has also warned of the threat of wild fires with the wind forecast to pick up. A heat map for Europe has turned to dark red and even black in areas because of the severity of the extreme ...
Greece faces seventh day of fires as temperatures surged to 46.6C in the south on Sunday
On the afternoon of 11 August 2024, a wildfire fire hit the northeastern Attica region of Greece. The fire broke out in the area of Varnavas, northeast of Athens, at 3:02 PM, according to Fire Colonel Vassileios Vathrakogiannis, the Fire Service spokesman and quickly spread due to strong winds. The flames caused the evacuation of many ...
The series of wildfires started with two large forest fires on August 11, 2024, at 03:00 P.M., 35 km north of Athens, near Varnavas. [2] Some of the fires in this series had flames were higher than 25 meters (80 feet). [3]
The European Union's Copernicus and the World Meteorological Organization reported in April 2024 that Europe was Earth's most rapidly warming continent, with temperatures rising at a rate twice as high as the global average rate, and that Europe's 5-year average temperatures were 2.3 °C higher relative to pre-industrial temperatures compared to 1.3 °C for the rest of the world.
The Servia High Bridge (Greek: Υψηλή Γέφυρα Σερβίων, romanized: Ypsili Gefyra Servion) is one of the longest bridges in Greece, with a length of 1,372 m. [1] Construction began in 1972 along with the artificial lake and was completed in 1975. Designed by Riccardo Morandi, was constructed from a joint venture Xekte SA ...
After 57 people were killed in Greece's worst train disaster a year ago, the government promised to fix a system crumbling from decades of neglect. "Trains will resume operations with safety at ...