July 27 (UPI) --Extreme heat, high winds and fires have plagued parts of Greece and Turkey amid the high tourist season as temperatures in Greece have risen to 111.2 degrees and in Turkey to 122.9 ...

The count of these devastating infernos sharply increased in 2015, which “coincided with increasingly extreme climatic ...

Aris MESSINIS/AFP/AFP Greek firefighters gained ground Thursday against a wildfire outside the third-largest city of Patras, while planes bombed water on blazes on three other fronts. Firefighters ...

Greece battled a dozen major wildfires on Wednesday, including one threatening its third-largest city Patras, as a heatwave stoked blazes and forced the evacuation of thousands in southern Europe.

Firefighters in Spain, Portugal, and Greece continued to battle wildfires Friday on a public holiday in all three countries as persistent hot, dry conditions challenged efforts to contain the blazes.

Smoke and flame rise as firefighting teams respond from the air and on the ground to a forest fire that broke out in Krioneri near Athens, Greece on July 26, 2025. Smoke and flame rise as firefighting ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A major forest fire broke out in Greece on Tuesday, and authorities ordered several villages near Corinth, west of Athens, to evacuate. More than 180 firefighters, 15 planes and ...

July 27 (UPI) --Extreme heat, high winds and fires have plagued parts of Greece and Turkey amid the high tourist season as temperatures in Greece have risen to 111.2 degrees and in Turkey to 122.9 ...