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- Firefighters in Greece have been battling to get wildfires back under control after they rekindled on Thursday evening west of Athens. The blazes forced renewed evacuations in an area that experienced some relief after four days of fires. DW correspondent Amien Essif sent us this report from Mandra near Athens, where people are seeing their homes and livelihoods devastated.
For more, Amien Essif joins us from Greece.
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I’m in Alberta Canada. My heart goes out to these folks…
It’s bad here as well. 25 million hectares scorched so far, homes lost, evacuations and even deaths.
And we haven’t got through July yet. 💔
I am here in Athens and the heat and the fires are terrible. I woke up the other morning with my apartment full of smoke from the fires. It’s so hot out that I only go out when necessary. And there are so many stray animals that need help. I feel for the family that lost their camp and all the people who have lost their homes or land.
God bless you and I pray things improve. I am here in Vermont USA and we are having the opposite experience. The rains have been relentless and the flooding has destroyed several of my friends homes. One of them used to run a restaurant nearby but the entire land it stood on is gone.
@@brocknspectre1221 thank you! Bless you too! It’s all too much.
So sorry you're going through this :( I'm leaving Canada to the Peloponnese in 2 days and have no idea what to do
So if you live in Athens you know that help could be there if the people in government would not be taking all money in their pockets - like they have always done it!
@@selini52 yes, it is crazy. Greece is a frustrating country to live in for many reasons!
Wow, 100 metres in 20 to 30 seconds!!! That's more than a football field in less than half a minute!! Thank you for posting and showing the incredible danger firefighters are facing all around the northern hemisphere!
When a forest fire starts picking up steam, they move like a freight train through the woods. I've seen it first hand, years ago my dad and I went for a drive in the mountains near a forest fire in southern Alberta Canada, and we were watching the helicopters come to a small lake to fill their tanks and go dump them. The fire broke over the ridge of the mountain we were at the base of, and within minutes that ENTIRE mountainside was completely engulfed in flames. My dad and I (plus the other 500 or so people who lived in that small town) were all immediately rushed out of there, even the fire brigade had to pull back. I'll never forget that sound, it genuinely sounded like rushing water, but it was the air being sucked into the wall of flames. When fires get big enough they actually change the weather patterns to feed themselves more air. They "breathe" like a lung and when it pushes out it expands SOO fast. Really scary to see first hand.
Stupidity spread al lot faster on Greece
Not only the heat and smoke but the fire also takes the oxygen.
💯👍🏾
Usan bolts 100m in under 10 seconds. The message is to leave the area since the fire rages.
In forest fires, situation changes in a blink. At one moment you think you re ok , and then suddenly you re dead. Many people think that fire is the big problem, but its the smoke that comes out of nowhere, it chokes you, it blinds you, and your clear route of escape suddenly vanishes into nowhere.....
Stay strong Greece 🇬🇷 Polish firefighters have already been disposed 🇵🇱❤🇬🇷
I met the Polish firefighters on the highway and honked my horn to kingdom come, thank you Poland 🇵🇱 ❤
Thank you Poland
😢...I was evacuated from a fire 2 yrs ago in BC Canada...we almost lost the town but amazingly, it rained and slowed things down. The perimeter of the town was charred but no homes lost. Only a few days later green grass and flowers started to grow on the charred ground and around the burnt trees...Atlest the ground cover regenerated quickly and there was hope. This year new poplar saplings and dogwood bushes emerged. I have hope for this family in Greece.
"we build again" while i applaud his spirit, if we all want it to be sustainable, we need to achiev a balance with nature again.
Not gonna happen. The balance has been tipped to a point of no return. Whatever comes next is the new normal, there's no going back now. Even IF we stopped all carbon emissions today it would still take hundreds of years for Earth to return to normal and we all know damn well carbon emissions aren't going to stop today or anytime soon. Get used to it because this is our new reality and it's only going to get worse unfortunately. We've had over half a century to prepare and change and we failed to do so despite scientists warnings. Now it's time to face the consequences of our collective choices, come what may.
It was a camp, tents, not many buildings really. Organised campers also serve as watchdogs.
A camping ground like that is a good way to holiday, especially if you're reasonably local just looking for a week/weekend away. Unless you're cooking loads of meat daily on a barbeque, chucking litter everywhere, travelling miles in your car from morning to nightfall - it's quite a sustainable option.
The problem comes when people expect a holiday to mean nothing less than jetting halfway across the world to yet another huge, sprawling hotel complex with all the mod cons - or worse, a cruise ship.
But, from my experience of camping here in the UK and in Europe, most campers are pretty good and much more in tune with Nature.
Wake up. Educate yourself on geoengineering
Wow, I hope things get better for Greece. I'm in Alberta, Canada. It took the weather for us, and we had alot more resources. Prayers are with you Greece.
Did the fires finally stop for y'all? How long were they going for?
@@jonnyhatter35 They won't be stopping entirely for MONTHS. This is very likely going to be a record breaking burn, causing up to a possible 40 million hectares burned. We've already lost more forest than the size of many full countries. You can look up an interactive fire map that shows all the current active fires in the country, and they are EVERYWHERE, plus many of them are the biggest size possible on the map of over 1k hectares each. It's REALLY bad here.
It won't 41%
Nothing fails harder than prayers!
@@Fenthule I'm in the US, but about 15 years ago the State fire captain said that they expect to lose ALL of the forests in my state, and likely several others. Imagine no more pine trees.
Scary!
Thank you for posting what is really happening. My highest praise to the firefighters and volunteers!
I feel sorry for the family who owned the camp, I am glad that all of them and their camping guests
were able to leave in time. Kudos to Amien Essif and the DW team.
Wow I feel really bad for the family, truly heartbreaking to watch. My heart goes out to Greece!
I never imagined wildfires move that fast! No wonder firefighters are struggling too.
36 km/h in this case and people are describing they can movemuch faster. Damn, if you're cought in a bad spot, you're toast...
Mankind please wake up. Fear God.
@@SilverWong-yo5iufear humans. Humans are the main cause of global climate change
I'm sorry for the family who lost their commercial camp grounds. I'm hoping the owners can rebuild.
I hope he has insurance. Insurance money will help to rebuild cump. I wish him all the best. Very sad this happened.
A camp ground with no trees is a parking lot.
Hahaha it’s hilarious
Magnificent reporting on an horrific situation.
To the volunteers: keep going and don’t give up. You WILL WIN!!
I’m in Australia, we faced the same thing several years ago, useless government and all. We got through it because of the massive efforts of volunteers and local communities.
You won't get through it forever.
Exactly when this happens years after years. Nature may recover. But not our wallet
@@mujkockathere is no guarantee that it will recover. Wildfires can permanently change the landscape. Southern Europe is slowly turning to desert
@@mujkocka you worried about your wallet? I would be more worried about our only planet.
@@SimonFranck100 we are pretty used to it in Australia, we find a way
What a horrifying event to go through. They have my prayers.
Courageous firefighters. Courageous reporting well done. I persobly have never seen the speed of flames invading that camp site. Terrifying.
Sending love to Greece at this time of hardship and fear. Xx
so upsetting. i got into a wildfire in greece years ago and it was the scariest thing ever, it spread so fast because of the wind... my heart goes out to all the people who are losing so much right now!
I hope we will be able to send help from italy! 🇮🇹🇬🇷
già fatto, squadre con 2 canadair, così come francia, romania, slovacchia, addirittura anche israele che non è nell'unione europea, ma sta bruciando davvero tutto. è sconfortante, mentre a 6 ore di autostrada ci sono temporali e bufere, acqua che servirebbe come una manna dal cielo.... c'è chi ancora non crede al cambiamento climatico.
Heard people talk many times about the speed wildfires that can spread. But I had a hard time imagining it, imagining that danger. That shot starting at 2 minutes is making it very clear, o my god thats terrifying..
First time that i got this insight into it, and also into the way people are battling such a fire. One of the best reports I’ve seen in a long while, thanks DW!
Amiens you did a great job in Greece. God.bless you and all people from Greece.🆘😥
Look at what all of this wonderful civilization of consumerism, “travel”, and constant desire for growth has brought upon us
This is absolutely heartbreaking. Those poor people… And they’re just the ones we see. How many have lost even more?
It feels like in future we’re just going to have to live in campers so we can move away from the weather when it turns on us. A lot of people where I live already are because it’s the only way to afford a place to live - just a small lot to park it on and a camper for a house.
that's exactly what im doing! when have enough money.🚙
I live in a cabin and camper too. But here in NZ when we had floods all the cabins and caravans floated away. Noone died but it was apocalyptic
This was a great view to see what the firefighters really have to deal with. That was so fast, only flash could keep up with that speed. Wow
Wishing good luck to Greece from Turkey 🇹🇷
My Greek-American heart goes out to the people of Greece. Here in California we got hit by wildfires like this over the last ten years. Plus they have this terrible heat wave to contend with!🇬🇷
So sad I loved loved living in Athens great city and great people
This year ,the firemen,went on demonstration,in Athens. They were asking for more permanent positions at their departments all over Greece , and new equipment.The police stopped the demonstrations using unnecessary violence. Our government chooses to spend billions on fighting aircrafts. If you ,ever,get the right to vote on Greek elections ,please don't vote for the right wing.
At least your officials don't say "some day it'll all be burned" and "there have always been fires, there are and there will be", while all these are happening.
Ofc, such BS is easy to say when your 40+ houses are safe and you got millions. *And* ppl (supposedly) voted for you.
Just covering themselves with the wealth they hoarde instead of preventing fires by helping to rejuvenate woodlands
I m a tourist in Greece and yesterday I visited a waterfall in Lefkada and when I left at noon temperature was a staggering 47 degrees. When I left UK there were 14degrees in the morning I was so not prepared for the heatwave when we landed in Preveza. it's terribly hot
I am going to lefkada next in just over a week, do you think there wil be wildfires on lefkada?
That temperature you’re mentioning, nonsense. No doubt you got that from your car dashboard when you switched the ignition on 🙄
It’s not accurate.
People do love to exaggerate.
@@VoiceOfThethere where 43 degrees in athens last Sunday it is the temperature given by Google. If you are under the sun or in a car the temperature it is going to be higher
@@aliaflow6877
I follow meteorology. Official temperatures are measured in the shade under strict criteria for them to be reliable and accepted by the WMO.
Temperatures from car dashboards, in the sun, on your balcony, from locals, from pharmacy logos/signs.. Even some weather apps can be inaccurate.
You can check Greek HNMS and NOA websites for official weather station data.
I’m going to keep these families and Greece in my thoughts and prayers sending love ❤️ from all the way from Carbondale Illinois USA.
Praying for the future of the people that the fires have affected! That is a dangerous situation that you face! Blessings to all of you and stay safe!
Lots of sympathy from india. This is tragic. Fire just roared. Heartbreaking. We want more trees,but this is scary
Madhya Pradesh. I've lived in a forest where our missionary hospital was with afternoon temperatures around 40°C in the 1990s, with no forest fires. But at the end of a year, an entire lake vanished. It's three decades now, and I expect worse calamities to befall.
Oh, beautiful Hellas. I am sad to see the old woods and places in nature is gone with in the fires
It's natural
Thinking of you from Australia where we went up in flames in both 2018 and worse, 2020. It was horrific and we are still not emotionally over it. Just a whisp of smoke, a smell, a flame, seeing dead trees is enough to trigger memories. I am so sorry for you all.Praying.
My heart aches for that family that lost their beautiful camp, and all who are suffering from this devastation. Please, please all of you come together to help each other and the poor animals. If ever we NEED to unite it’s now! Be humans first.
Even when the situation was irredeemable the family were trying to save their tents. I was worried they might lose their irreplaceable lives in doing so. Heartbreaking and frightening.
The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.
~ Albert A. Bartlett
probably a bit exaggerated, I would consider it to not be one of the really difficult mathematical concepts for average people to understand. but it certainly is a common problem that normality bias and exponential functions mix extremely badly, with people generally being inclined to wait until things get bad before they do anything. I'd say thebest recent example is the amount of trouble that could have been prevented if chinese authorities had gone straight to extreme control measures in response to early covid cases, instead of trying to deny it for 4-6 weeks. in hindsight, they could have eradicated the disease with certainly fewer than 10.000, probably fewer than 1000 cases, and ended all public restrictions by february or march 2020.
@@Ass_of_Amalek you think there was an actual virus? Wow.
@@swisschalet1658 lukashenka, this you?
the way that hissing wall of flames just rushed towards them in seconds was surreal and terrifying
Terrifying , i have hope in myself that i could survive flooding , maybe a misplaced hope as some flooding is truly devastating, but fire is a different primordial fear, Thoughts and prayers and hope to those in these terrible zones having to suffer these conflagrations ,in the exhausting heat.
We in India are experiencing flooding. Its damn hard. Not like in pictures
@@induchopra3014 I fully believe you, the press often miss the areas hardest impacted by these devastating events, as well as the immediate impact is the added destruction of land and animals. The clean up from flooding is exceedingly difficult where warm temperature that india experiences can add to disease and pestilence and possibly disrupts your sources of clean water., I hope you stay strong and can successfully push through those hard moments to a better day.
Wow, blessings to the locals. May they recover as soon as possible
Praying for all the people affected by these wildfires and unrelenting heat. May rain come soon and color weather. Stay safe.
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we will pray of course but the world governments together must take action and to do it now.
UN, EU,WHO, WB - all.
We don’t have time
Climate needs to be fixed to normal.They must stop CO2 emissions now not in a future.
People in these climates need to be prepared to fight these fires. I saw a video on TH-cam couple of years ago where a Father and his daughter, in California I think, fought together to save their property from the approaching forest fire , the flames were literally surrounding them and small fires combusted from the heat around their property, but they refused to give up. They had ample water reserves and they used garden hoses and defeated the fires and saved their home. They were extremely brave and worked as a team, and they fought the fire right through the day and night. People need to build up water reserves by making deep ponds and have generators and pumps to attack the fire. They also have to prepare the land by cutting away anything that will feed the fire, trees, bushes, grass etc and create a good distance of a fire block away from their properties.
No discreet intended. The people have no idea how quickly the fire can move, typically between 40km/h to 60km/h. The radiant heat will be over 80degrees Celcius within 100m in front of the fire. The people have left evacuation well too late, they simply cannot fight this as its presented in this article.
No discreet?
Is that the word you want?
Not really the time to be smart.
I hope it doesn't turn out like in 2018. This climate is hurting us too much. I send a tight hug from Italy
"The climate" ha ha. Until election on June there wasn't fires. Since then business as usual.
Love to Italy.
@@antimimoniakosγιατί είχε συνέχεια βροχή .αν θυμάστε..
@@antimimoniakos You are not very smart, even though you think you are
@@antimimoniakos Oh wow... there weren't any fires when temps were lower. Genius. 😄
What if the changes in Southern Europe were caused by the tens of thousands of wind turbines installed in Northern Europe?
We are talking about diverting some GigaWatts of cold, moist air from the south ...
So heart breaking. This happen every year in the western states in the US. July and August are the worst months for wildfires.
On the upside: burn acreage in the US is down 80% from the 1930's.
True praying for rain have mercy on us Lord.
@tellyboy17 only 80%? I thought they were down 135% since the 1960s.
@@ledpup That's because thinking (especially the critical sort) is not your strong suit.
Don't be lazy like them and keep the forest out of your property.
Thank you for updating us
That family should use a segment of this report as a kickstarter fund video... Amien Essif did a stellar job.
Mam nadzieję ze nasi Polscy strażacy pojadą wam Pomóc🇵🇱Bądź silna Grecjo!🇬🇷
Thank you ❤🇬🇷
This is the new world we live in.
This is just the beginning. Things are going to get progressively worse, there are more people on Earth today than ever before, more people = more energy consumption = more carbon emissions = more heat.
@@distantraveller9876 🧢
Praying for rain and cooler temperatures for the fire effected zone. Thanks for the update and please take good care and stay safe, Amien.
Well thats not going to happen. This is the new normal my friend. This will be constant and no amount of pledges will stop it. Its already in motion.
This completely changed my expectation for how fast wild fires move. It’s more like an avalanche.
Added:
I wonder whether “buffer” zones or lines make sense, both technically and economically. Preventing fire from spreading by cutting or transplanting trees preemptively should be an option, at least theoretically.
Fire doesn't solely confine itself to the ground. It can be facilitated by strong winds that carry burning fragments of branches and leaves over considerable distances. This phenomenon poses a significant risk as these fiery embers can easily ignite rooftops and trees.
Yeah, fire breaks and deliberate burning has been common land and forestry management practice for decades if not centuries. I believe firefighters all over Europe are doing controlled burns to create breaks in front of wildfires.
Thank both of you. New things learned today!
I’m curious about whether wider breaks, like half a kilometer or mile wide, are effective, and current practices of wildlife management in Greece is up to a certain standard or troubled.
In California they are called " fire roads" and line the Wildlands for this very purpose. They work in some cases like small brush fires but not the big fires. I used to fly small planes over burn scars and saw how effective they can and can't be depending on the intensity of the fire.
“ A change in the weather” is what caused the problem in the first place!
😂
arson is what caused this
So sorry to hear what’s happening there
This really captures how fast a tire moves . Good journalism .
In my 30 year career as a firefighter, I hated battling wildfires the most, they can be unpredictable and deadly with just a change in wind speed and direction
The fire moved so quickly.😔
That's on them for not keeping the vegetation in check.
That’s because lasers move really fast
Need the heavy thundery rain that was there when i visited Greece in May. This is so heartbreaking 😢 May Gods help be with you! Prayers 🧡
Those flames are scary,so fast!!
We need to invest into installed irrigation for fire mitigation in forests globally. Berlin had it in some areas when i visited and i was impressed granted there was a fire last summer but it would take the sting out. Especially if we had desalinated water to use for the forests as to not take away from local fresh water supply. Of course you need to address what energy is used to desalinate the water but it would help in places like California or Greece
How awful. I get goosebumps from this tragedy.
I'm sorry for your loss, my friends, I wish the help to come, God be with you 🙏
I'm in Cyprus, literally encircled by countries on fire in every direction. Scary, sad times. We're all really hoping for a let up in the weather to give those guys a break.
I feel for u Brother. Stay strong! Hope u av a quick getaway in time of need. Lets pray that it does not av to come to that. I'll pray for, Cyprus and all the next Islands around you! Let's hope for Rain! Allot..
Do not forget, things like this needs to happen to hammer the urgency of climate change into our inept leaders who are holding on to the narrative that it’s up to the people to mitigate climate change and not the elites that resorts to selfish and greedy tactics to circumvent their responsibility in this.
Not to sound insensitive, it must really sting to lose your home or livelihood because of this.
I am sorry but it is far too late. Anything that doesn't burn this year will burn next year or the year after that. There isn't anything we can do now to stop this. Way too much damage has been done.
People need to move North now.
We have already passed the point of no return. The only thing we can do is watch the human population reduce.
This was an arson with nothing to do with climate. Get the facts right before spreading I ate nonsense, police have arrested several individuals so far.
So sad for them this is horrible wow 😢
Κύριε Ιεχωβά θεέ μας παντοδύναμος. Βοήθα τον κόσμο και τα ζωα 😢
Τι ιεχωβα βρε παρεισακτο ον?
Oh this is very sad. I hope it will rain soon. We are traveling to Greece in August.
It is tragic and so sad to see the devastation. I love Greece. The burning pine cones from some trees launch quite a distance and spread the fire rapidly. I do not see the Greek Government using the Canadair 415 water bombers, only Airtractors and helicopters - which are still good. I hope the rain comes soon and Saharan hot air retreats back south. Perhaps other EU countries could lend their higher capacity CL415s to Greece to help?
They use the Canadairs but these are sent in the main fire fronts, not in the side ones. The main parts of the fire feed with heat the side ones. Once you resolve the main one, the side parts are more easily contained.
Greece is a bit of a sticky government as viewed by other EU countries. The Bomberos here in Spain seem to have a lot more support from the government but who knows the vote is today so tomorrow it might be different. I hope not though. Respect to all fireman the world over.
@@serinadelmar6012the firemen's demonstration, a few months ago, was violently put down by the police. They threw water on them , using water canons, and one fireman lost his finger. Others were injured.
I notice some pylons near one of the effected areas! Any chance of static causing the initial spark, due to intense heat?
Nice to see a traditional type of Greek campsite like my Father talks about in 50's/ 60's Cyprus.
Strategic Desalination plants, with strategic EU funding. Not Mega projects, local projects!
Hope the people of Greece get through the summer without to much heartache!
desalination? are you suggesting desalination for FIREFIGHTING WATER? 😮that is the most impractical application of desalination that I have ever heard of.
@@Ass_of_Amalek The reason why i feel hotter and hotter each year in my half a century life span, is not just because of the heat of the sun, but also because of the dryness below my feet! We need to desalinate and drip feed natural fresh water back onto our lands to stop them soaking up the heat and holding it. Actually quite simple because if this was done Worldwide we would see the Ocean level decrease by a few inches as well!
Don't know if you noticed last summer most areas that were being rained on were ocean orientated where natural water isn't required.
Wow great reporting, Amien.
I am on the island of Crete right now for vacation and did not know this is going on in Athens. It is so hot indeed. Oh man, I am so sorry for people going through this
Crete is an amazing place ☺
This is the new reality of our world.Human greed doomed our beautiful planet.
So sad! Hard to understand what is going on with the heat
It's called climate change and scientists have been warning about it for over 30 years.
Uhh, the climate change we've all been hearing about for at least twenty years is here. 2022 was the year all the bad stuff predicted for 2100 arrived and we'll probably look back on 2023 as a not so bad year by the time 2040 rolls around.
I'm fascinated by people who keep acting like information about climate change actually being bad and going in a bad direction has been low key. nevermind listening to experts and seeking out information - the number and intensity of warnings about climate change from the UN general secretary and UN climate change commission alone that you people have been missing is incredible. this is a perfect topic to listen to the UN about, they're making a very big research effort, and their predictions are horrifying, while so far reality has actually consistently surpassed the worst case scenarios that the UN has been predicting. do you know ANYTHING about what is happening ANYWHERE?
I have also heard someone insist before that climate change has only started being a big topic in the last 5-10 years - guys, it was the main topic that al gore ran his US presidential campaign on in 2000, it almost became america's new big project before the war on terror got in the way! it started being a somewhat publically discussed issue in the 70s and 80s, gaining some public recognition by piggybacking on the problem of and globally coordinated resolution of atmospheric ozone depletion by chlorofluorocarbon emissions. fine, maybe the average cleetus didn't hear of it before the 90s. but in this century? no, you must have been living under a rock to not take note.
Its not hard to understand at all. We humans kept destroying our planet for centuries and now its getting out of hand.
Great reporting Amiens, thank you and please keep safe. 👍🧡🌱
My prayers are for Greece ❤
My area in Aus suffered the worst loss of life,thousands of buildings and homes and displaced thousands of people.
The number was 173 souls but the locals know the government lied to keep the numbers down. Families in their cars escaping suddenly exploded from radiant heat. These families were not included in the fire death toll.
They were Recorded as road deaths.
Also if people have water 💦 tanks do not jump in thinking it’s the best place.
You will boil alive.
OMG 😲 fellow Aussie here, I would have definitely have thought the water tank (if reasonably full) would have been safe. Not now. What a horrible thought. We have had so many devastating fires in Australia over the past 20 years. Best not to mention floods either.
This is sad beyond measure...🇿🇦
Good report with concerns for the people. Very dramatic the fires as they swarm towards campers who are regular people.
Horrifying. Prayers for those fighting fires in 42 degrees not to mention the intense heat from flames and smoke.. wearing protective gear.
Congratulation to All humanity. We did it.
2:49 moving 100m in 10sec - 20sec 🤯
that wasn't even a fast-moving wildfire, the windspeed looks really low.
This is Horrifying to watch on the net; these poor folks that are living it! Stay strong and give support and comfort to those not doing well.
This is just horrifying and so very terrible!!
**My thoughts heart and prayers go out to EVERYONE there!!
**Pls stay safe!!
🙏💕🙏💜🙏
One of the real problems is the embers that stays on the treetrunks and underground. If they keep on glowing they may ignite the whole area again and again. In Siberia there have been even ghost fires that lives under snow cover over winter and then ignites again. Firefigthers and volunteers should first kill the flames, but then toss over all smoldering remains, so there would be less possible places where fire starts again. One possible tool is a waterspear, a metal rod with holes that can be pushed to the ground so ground gets wet faster.
At tinderbox conditions fire can travel far and fast. And if you have mountains the temperatures and flying ambers may make situation way worse. Having wind over this heat wave and drought is making things very hard to control.
Climate change is changing mediterranean area toward desert...
100 m in 20 sec??? 😳😳😳😳😳
Amazing reporting 🙌🏽
I am from Greece I can see the fire not that bad it's getting better😢
I feel so sorry - we are praying for you guys 🇩🇪🇬🇷
Never realized how Fast it moves.
Much wildlife in Canada must have been killed in those remote forest fires I bet .
It was like this last year in the UK for a couple of days, nice and cool this summer.
Wow 😮 so sad 😞 prayers for everyone involved!
What do we expect? If we can't play by natures rules it'll take it away! Did we honestly think we could have it all our own way without consequence?
We love our stupidity more than live.
Sad because of greed people damage the nature want more want more instead of satisfy only what we need.
We must not ignore Mother Nature's warnings to live with. My prayers to Greece. 🇬🇷
Horrible. I pray that he had insurance. The stress must be unbearable as you realise you are powerless against such a monstrous force.
What if the changes in Southern Europe were caused by the tens of thousands of wind turbines installed in Northern Europe?
We are talking about diverting some GigaWatts of cold, moist air from the south ...
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Northern California resident here. From what I see, our fires are larger and far more dangerous, but we have the fantastic CalFire air fleet and massive ground forces at the state level, and each of our 58 counties has their own force as well. The Greek air force has 20 CL215/415 water bombers, but I don't see any VLATs, nor do they have any smaller twin engine type like our S-2 Trackers. This is only going to get worse, maybe it's time to retire than F-4 Phantoms and add start adding CL515s to the fleet?
For those just tuning in - the CL215/415/515 are rapid turn around flying boats that scoop water from lakes. We have some of these, but there are more planes that haul the pink Phos-chek fire retardant foam. If a place like that summer camp were threatened here they'd lay down defensive lines well before the fire arrived. The DC-10 and Boeing 747 VLATs can lay down a hundred meter barrier for 1.6km. C130s carry about a third of a VLAT sized load.
Or maybe it’s time to try to stop global warming..if it’s still possible.
Greece has the biggest aerial firefighting fleet in Europe. With water bombers (CL-215, CL-415), helicopters (Ericsson, SuperPuma, military helis), and Dromader (small single engine Air tractors). And it's still not enough to keep such fire under control. Especially with such strong wind bursts the last few days.
VLAT and S-2 trackers are very few in the world and only found in the USA.
Greece has already ordered many DHC-515 (together with other EU countries) couple of years ago, but the Canadian company hasn't yet began to produce them. Not even the prototype has been built yet. The Phantoms have nothing to do with firefighting.
Are you really comparing Greece with California? A better comparison would be Alabama, a very poor Alabama, that basically runs on hand-outs from other EU states.
Their landmass, especially wooded landmass is tiny, It would make a lot more sense to prepare with a few fire breaks. But being prepared is not Greece it strong points, they patiently wait until things go wrong and panic. It is exactly the same with their economy.
@@vasiliyt8600 We're going to need VLATs globally, the way we have military transport jets now. Not just three in California, there should be 30x that many. And I don't know the Greek use re: Phos-chek, but I presume they have some, and that air fleet has some gaps in that area. A couple refurb C-130s would be the quick solution to that.
I saw a person trying to start one of these "wild fires". Me and my brother stopped the fire before it spread. Did not have the phone with me to photo their car before thy left ...
I'm greek and i hope stuff gets better. I do not have much to say, rather than thats its sad to see tents and camps of people being burned down.
This kind of out-of-control weather (fires, floods, tornadoes, etc.) are fast becoming long-term, repeating events all over our world. It's only going to get worse, so I hope people find whatever way they can, to stay as safe (with shelter, food and water) as they can. Now would be the time to ask God's mercy and protection on you, family, and friends !!! God bless and good luck to everyone !!!
Amen. We are leaving in the last days😢😢😢😢. Pray without ceasing.
sorry, but that was stupidly bad preparation. I was surprised when they walked into that summer camp, and it was directly under the trees, within a continuous forest. greece is very well known for having some of the worst wildfire risk in europe, you simply cannot have buildings that you don't want burned down in greece among the trees connected directly to an arid forest. I'm sure they would want to preserve the big trees on the camp grounds, but they ought to have cut and permanently maintained a firebreak all around the camp. this is not the sort of thing you can fix with firefighting, it requires preparation. people need to get over their normality bias and update their preparedness for the new climate situation. "this place hasn't burned in decades, so we don't expect fire" doesn't work - that actually means greater fire risk, as more fuel will have accumulated.
Έτυχε... Όλοι είναι Κάλα..
I will pray also for this
Sending prayers and thoughts from 🇹🇷 Turkiye (Turkey). Dying nature is a huge loss for us all.
And U had it hard ur selfs in Turkey. Got hitted hard. Hope all will become normal soon. But than again, Religion is wot we av in this world, Allways wars over that. If all Nations can work together and not cause Wars all over the Globe, we might save this Planet.
If not the, Sun will do the rest. And were all Doomed.
- 50 to a 100 years and maybe we will overcome this drama!
...But I doubt it.
Yellowstone Fires of 1988 is similar. Stay strong Greek Citizens. After Deadwood burned in Yellowstone, the Forrest regained health.
Wild flowers bloomed, Elk Herds and Wolf Packs flourished. We have 25 fires in my State now. Normal for us. Next year burn areas will regenerate. Deer and Grouse hunting will be excellent. Stay strong my Greek Cousins.
I Pray you see Rain soon.