Tag: RHODES
Despite the fire chaos – more tourists arrive in Rhodes
Around 19,000 tourists and islanders have been evacuated from southern Rhodes in the country’s largest ever evacuation. They have been housed where there is space – in sports halls, schools…
Fires in Greece: unprecedented evacuations on the island of Rhodes
In Greece, the island of Rhode has turned into an inferno. More than 30,000 people had to flee, between Saturday and Sunday July 23, the flames which ravaged this very…
Turkish citizens were evacuated in the forest fire on Rhodes Island!
Consul General Kırcalıali, connected to the NTV broadcast, announced that the Turkish citizens on Rhodes Island were evacuated. “THE MOST DANGEROUS OF ACTIVE FIRE” In the news reflected in the…
Travel companies continue to fly to Rhodes – despite the fires
It has been burning for almost a week on the island in Greece – where a long period of high temperatures has made it difficult to get the fire under…
Fires in Lardos on Rhodes: Swedes evacuated to school
During the night, Swedes have begun to be evacuated from hotels on Rhodes. Swedish Joanna and her family were woken up by a VMA and ran outside – where ash…
A Finnish family left their hotel in Rhodes when the wildfire was a few hundred meters away
Wildfires have raged on Rhodes for five days. Holidayed on the Greek island of Rhodes Olli Haapio and his family had to leave the hotel on Saturday because of wildfires.…
Rhodes Island fire that has been going on for days cannot be brought under control: “The most dangerous of active fires…”
Extreme weather conditions due to El Nino continue to occur throughout the world. Forest fires have started in Greece due to the extreme heat that has lasted for almost 3…
1,300 Swedes are sent down to Rhodes without electricity
Updated 00:26 | Published 00:22 For several days, intense fires have ravaged the tourist paradise island of Rhodes. Now local authorities are reporting that large areas have been affected by…
Marina on Rhodes: “I’m scared of course”
In Laerma on Rhodes, 30,000–40,000 hectares of the forest have burned. Marina Korkida, who has lived on the island for over 25 years, describes the area and the surrounding forest…
160 people in Rhodes are evacuated due to the fires
The forest fires raging on the Greek island of Rhodes are not letting up – the village of Lardos, where around hundreds of Swedes are on holiday, is to be…