Thousands of tourists and residents fleeing a wildfire on Rhodes huddled in schools and shelters on Sunday, with many evacuated on private boats from beaches to safer areas of the Greek island when flames moved towards resorts and coastal villages.
A huge surprise for Greece cannot be ruled out this summer. This has to do with a decision by the European Central Bank and concerns the inclusion of Scope Ratings in the group of rating agencies the ECB takes into account in its decisions.
The National Meteorological Service (EMY) said in an updated emergency weather report on Sunday said that the heatwave will continue mostly unabated until Thursday, when it will post a moderate decline.
The United States Mission in Greece issued guidelines on Sunday to alert US citizens to the risks caused by the wildfires in the country.
A motorway bridge into Patra collapsed on Sunday leaving at least one dead, two people pinned under the rubble and seven injured, with at least one being seriously injured.
The Presidency of the Hellenic Republic announced on Sunday that ‘due to the extraordinary situation that prevail in the country from the wildfires, Monday’s reception for the restoration of the Democracy in Greece is cancelled.
Bob W, one of the fastest-growing companies in the hospitality industry, is proceeding with the operation of the first two serviced apartment buildings in the center of Athens.
Foreign Ministry staff is en route to Rhodes to open a Help Desk at the island’s airport on Sunday after 5 p.m. The Help Desk, in coordination with embassies in Greece, will facilitate the travel of visitors to the island who left without their passports and travel documents.
The situation on Rhodes is very difficult according to the Hellenic Fire Service spokesperson Giannis Artopios, who noted that the fire is burning in a very dense forest with a large amount of biomass. The winds, that have been strengthened, and the difficult weather conditions make this an active fire, he warned.
The fire in Mandra that had been burning for most of last week was reignited around noon on Sunday.