heatwaves
The heat is on: We must rise to the challenge of...
Jul 24. 2024
Urgent call to action by Secretary-General
The UN chief on Thursday issued an urgent call to action to better protect billions around the...
Up to 43° C as another prolonged heatwave hits Greece
Jul 17, 2024
In the grip of another prolonged heatwave is Greece with temperatures forecast to reach up to 43 degrees Celsius in some parts...
Death toll from global heat wave climbs as 1,000 die from...
By Alex Findijs
21 June 2024
Deadly heat waves are affecting hundreds of millions of people around the world. For the past week, much of the...
As reservoirs go dry, Mexico City and Bogotá are staring down...
Cape Town, which beat a water crisis in 2018, holds lessons for cities grappling with an El Niño-fueled drought.
By Jake Bittle
May 23,...
BBC: The fires in Greece among the extreme weather phenomena that...
Sep 3, 2023
Heat, fires, torrential rains, hurricanes and storms. Much of the northern hemisphere has been hit by extreme weather this summer.
Not all of...
Wildfires: Black smoke covered the Acropolis – Smell of burnt wood...
The smell of burning all the way to Faliro
Αθγ 23, 2023
The sky of Athens has been covered by smoke from the fire burning at...
Greek wildfires produce 700km smoke cloud stretching across southern Europe
The scorching heat and raging wildfires are still spreading across several regions.
By Jimmy Nsubuga
23 Aug 2023
Scorching heat and raging wildfires are continuing to spread...
Clelia Renesi: In times of awakening, now Greece would burn with...
Aug 24, 2023
In total, 93 new forest fires broke out in the last twenty-four hours, with the Fire Brigade fighting in 14 difficult fire...
Anger rises in Greece as fires destroy homes near Athens
‘We are experiencing days of complete collapse,’ says Greek opposition party.
By Nektaria Stamouli
August 24, 2023
ATHENS ― As thick black smoke filled the Athenian...
UNESCO-Designated Monastery Damaged in Greek Wildfire
By Tasos Kokkinidis
August 24, 2023
The UNESCO-designated monastery of Hosios Loukas in Viotia in central Greece was damaged by a wildfire raging in the area...