Firefighters were battling two large wildfires in Greece on Monday, one in the Peloponnese and the other on the island of Rhodes, with temperatures due to hit a punishing 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).
A heatwave across Southern Europe also fed destructive fires in Turkey, Spain and Italy during the weekend, with experts warning climate change was increasing both the frequency and intensity of such blazes.
Officials have evacuated five villages and a seaside town, and eight people have been hospitalised with burns and respiratory problems. And temperatures of 44 to 45 degrees Celsius have been forecast for the western Peloponnese, posing new risks for land already parched by the brutal heatwave. Firefighters evacuated a central area on the island known as “the Valley of the Butterflies” popular with hikers and tourists on Sunday.
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