Rare ski ww Posted August 9, 2021 #1 Share Posted August 9, 2021 How are all the wild fires effecting travel in Greece? Watching the news the last couple of days they are having to evacuate suburbs of Athens because of the fires. After covid they do not need this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare puppycanducruise Posted August 9, 2021 #2 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Those fires look terrible. Prayers for everyone in the affected area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare irvington Posted August 9, 2021 #3 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Yes, it sounds terrible. We have real forest fire problems where I live too. Of course, this is more a tragedy for the people affected, but I do wonder if travel will be impacted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langoustine Posted August 9, 2021 #4 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) A suburb of Athens is now on fire, and extreme heat has forced the closing of the Acropolis during the hottest part of the day. https://news.yahoo.com/greece-wildfires-residents-evacuated-acropolis-095950676.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall Edited August 9, 2021 by Langoustine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare marazul Posted August 9, 2021 #5 Share Posted August 9, 2021 45 minutes ago, Langoustine said: A suburb of Athens is now on fire, and extreme heat has forced the closing of the Acropolis during the hottest part of the day. https://news.yahoo.com/greece-wildfires-residents-evacuated-acropolis-095950676.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall Langoustine - that report is 5 days old. Here are some current ones: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58141336 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/wildfires-rage-greece-italy-eu-mounts-firefighting-operation-evacuations-destruction-southern-europe https://www.ekathimerini.com/ It's all pretty bad, but the weather is beginning to break some. It is now in the 90s instead of 100s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlobalMethod Posted August 10, 2021 #6 Share Posted August 10, 2021 18 hours ago, marazul said: Langoustine - that report is 5 days old. Here are some current ones: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58141336 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/09/wildfires-rage-greece-italy-eu-mounts-firefighting-operation-evacuations-destruction-southern-europe https://www.ekathimerini.com/ It's all pretty bad, but the weather is beginning to break some. It is now in the 90s instead of 100s. Yours is the most accurate information on this topic ... horrendous fires are in many parts of Greece ... we live in Athens city center and the haze and smoky smell from a couple of days ago is nearly eliminated ... there is no 'wildfire' in our urban area ... Athens is a large area and the outskirts may have issues but the condition is better now in Central Athens ... a lot of reporting I see says "near Athens" probably to get peoples attention. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare marazul Posted August 10, 2021 #7 Share Posted August 10, 2021 1 hour ago, GlobalMethod said: Yours is the most accurate information on this topic ... horrendous fires are in many parts of Greece ... we live in Athens city center and the haze and smoky smell from a couple of days ago is nearly eliminated ... there is no 'wildfire' in our urban area ... Athens is a large area and the outskirts may have issues but the condition is better now in Central Athens ... a lot of reporting I see says "near Athens" probably to get peoples attention. Thanks for your Athens report. It's best to hear from residents rather than relying on the media. Hopefully the horror in Evia will be over soon with all the additional help from other countries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted August 11, 2021 Author #8 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Glad to hear that things are improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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