heatwaves
Europe’s “apocalypse of heat” highlights capitalism’s climate crisis
By Thomas Scripps
Jul 19, 2022
Europe’s second heat wave this summer is setting record temperatures across the continent. Much of Southern and Western Europe will...
Extreme Heat Wave Sweeping India and Pakistan
30 April 2022
Rising temperatures have caused shortages in water supplies and power outages resulting from over-consumption of energy in India and Pakistan.
The World Meteorological...
Vilia, West Attica: Fire is raging out of control for 4th...
August 19, 2021
Residents of five settlements in the wider area of Vilia, western Attica, had to be evacuated at 4 o’ clock Thursday morning...
Mediterranean Continues To Bake – Surface Temperatures Over 120° in Turkey...
August 6, 2021
This map shows the temperature of the land surface on August 2, 2021. It is clear to see that surface temperatures in...
Evacuations of villages as forest fires rage in South and West...
Aug. 16, 2021
Houses in south-eastern Attica are on fire and the powerful wind is moving the blaze towards the protected National Forest of Cape...
BANDEROLE EN SOUTIEN A LA GRECE EN FEU A L’AMBASSADE DE...
Nous relayons le communiqué d'un collectif anarchiste :
" Les canicules et les incendies en Europe et en Afrique révèlent la crise sociale induite par...
Tears and anger as Greek island residents face wildfire aftermath
Aug. 13, 2021
photo: Thodoris Nikolaou/AP
Residents of the Greek seaside village of Rovies mourn a lost paradise of pristine pine forests and family homes, scorched...
Evia Fires: The Largest Environmental Catastrophe of Greece
By Nick Kampouris
August 12, 2021
The environmental devastation from the fires in northern Evia is enormous, according to a statement issued by the meteorological service...
“I screamed Help! when I didn’t see my husband” says the...
August 12, 2021
Panagiota Ritsopi, 81 years old: An elderly woman in black, screaming in agony as the flames swallow the forest and threaten her...
Dry thunderstorms trigger wildfires in Attica and Halkidiki
August 12, 2021
Wildfires broke out in western Attica and Halkidiki most possibly caused by a so-called “dry thunderstorm” sweeping on the Greek mainland on...