Authorities ordered the evacuation of a handful of communities in central Greece on Wednesday as they battled new fire fronts in the country, supercharged by strong winds and heatwave temperatures exceeding 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit).
Sixty-one wildfires erupted across Greece in the last 24 hours alone, the fire brigade said, with the worst outbreaks near the central town of Velestino where officials ordered precautionary evacuations of six nearby communities.A separate wildfire flared near another central town, Lamia, where residents of several settlements were also told to leave their homes.
"Given the climate crisis, we will again have extreme weather conditions that will again test our strength. Nothing is over, the battle will continue throughout the summer," he said.The government on Wednesday sought to contain damage to the reputation of one of its crucial revenue earners, tourism. "We have contacted the chamber of hoteliers and we want to see how we can bring people with holiday vouchers back," she told Open television.were killed on Tuesday when their Canadair CL-215 plane crashed into a hillside as it was dropping water onto the flames.
On Wednesday, the government shut the ancient Acropolis in Athens, one of the world's most visited tourism sites, at 11 a.m. because of the searing heat.
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