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Greece Battles 62 Wildfires in 24 Hours Amid Intense Lightning Activity
The Fire Service attributed the majority of these fires to intense lightning activity in various regions.
The Fire Service attributed the majority of these fires to intense lightning activity in various regions.
Two areas, Thermi and Kea Island, presented firefighters with particularly difficult situations.
GWA has provided the licensing of the first waterdrome in Greece at Kanistro in Kassandra, on the Halkidiki peninsula, and has already completed the approvals of waterdromes in Porto Heli, Ermioni, Lavrio, Kissamo Chanion, Kea, Erikoussa, Othoni, and Mathraki.
On Chios, meanwhile, a blaze broke out in Sidirounda, which is located on the island’s northwest and is renowned for its beautiful medieval village, which, fortunately, managed to survive unscathed.
Firefighting and civil protection forces worked tirelessly through the night to ensure the flames, which were extinguished on Sunday, did not rekindle.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah threatens that if Israel opens a “total war” against the Iran-backed terror group in Lebanon, the Jewish state must prepare for attacks from the ground, the air and the sea, and the “situation in the Mediterranean will change completely.”