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FLAMING AUGUST
The August 2021 Greece wildfires were a natural disaster of "unprecedented proportions," which at its peak saw 586 blazes burn simultaneously in all corners of the country, after a historic heatwave with the highest temperatures reaching 47.1 °C. Three people were killed, thousands had to be evacuated and dozens of homes and animals were lost to the fires.
Evia, Greece's second-largest island was at the centre of the storm of fires that ravaged the country and quickly became the showcase of global climate collapse, as more than a quarter of the island burned racking up a staggering balance sheet of damage: 120,000 acres of burned forest, hundreds of millions of euros in economic loss, and the wholesale evacuation of dozens of villages and thousands of islanders, devastating Greeks who rely on the forests for their livelihood.
Credit Filmmaker, Cinematographer, Reporter, Editor Duration 07:10 mins Year 2021 Source The Guardian
Location Greece
Shepherd Giannis Tsiboukas, 36, confronts the ‘total destruction’ caused after a wildfire ravaged his land on the island of Evia in Greece. Tsiboukas lost more than 40 animals to the fire that destroyed more than 50,000 hectares. Peoples homes and livelihoods have been decimated.
Hundreds of wildfires have torn through Greece this month on the heels of its most severe heatwave in decades, which left its forests tinder dry. Other Mediterranean countries – Turkey, Italy, Algeria and Spain among them – have suffered similar problems.
Scientists say there is little doubt that climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas is driving more extreme weather events.
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