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Deadly Wildfires Spread Across the Mediterranean

Deadly Wildfires Spread Across the Mediterranean

Wildfires are spreading in nine Mediterranean countries, killing dozens of people and causing thousands to evacuate. Heat waves and dry vegetation have created conditions for the wildfires to spread, and the extreme heat has been made more likely because of climate change, scientists say. Algeria has experienced the highest death toll of 34 people, as […]

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    Wildfires Erupt in Greece, Killing Scores and Injuring More Than 100

    Wildfires Erupt in Greece, Killing Scores and Injuring More Than 100

    Wildfires that ignited in Greece Monday have killed at least 60 people in the area around Athens, prompting Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to declare three days of national mourning, BBC News reported. The fires, which have injured at least 150, are the worst Greece has seen in more than a decade. “Today Greece is mourning, […]

    Footage of Greek Oil Spill Shows Massive Scale of Damage

    Footage of Greek Oil Spill Shows Massive Scale of Damage

    The sinking of a tanker carrying 2,200 tons of fuel oil and 370 tons of marine gas oil has coated some of Greece’s most popular beaches in thick, black sludge, leading to health authorities to ban swimming along shorelines in Athens. The Agia Zoni II tanker sank Sunday off the coast of Salamina island and […]