"Historic flooding event" slams Greece
Forecasters say the rain will continue through the week could lead to the development of a "medicane" cyclone over the Ionian Sea amid ongoing marine heat wave.
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Forecasters say the rain will continue through the week could lead to the development of a "medicane" cyclone over the Ionian Sea amid ongoing marine heat wave.
The EU is deploying almost half its firefighting air wing as an "out of control" blaze tears along a nearly 6-mile line through a Greek national park.
Greece has been plagued by daily outbreaks of dozens of fires over the past week as gale-force winds and hot, dry summer conditions combined to whip up flames and hamper firefighting efforts.
Overnight, a massive wall of flames raced through forests toward Alexandroupolis. Flames turned the sky over the city red as choking smoke and swirling flecks of ash filled the air.
"Betraying him was his passion for soccer and for the Napoli team,'' police said in a statement.
The relentless wildfires in Greece have forced a record number of evacuations on the islands of Rhodes and Corfu. Azadeh Moshiri, a reporter with CBS News' partner the BBC, is covering the story from Rhodes. She and her crew were forced to evacuate one area of the island Tuesday.
Greece is continuing to evacuate tens of thousands of residents and tourists as wildfires burn on the islands of Rhodes and Corfu and part of the mainland. In Algeria, at least 34 people, including 10 soldiers, were killed in wildfires. Other countries, like Italy, are also seeing the impacts of extreme heat, as Chris Livesay reports.
The wildfires in Greece spiked on July 17, and have since spewed more carbon than wildfires have in the country in two decades.
Relentless heat waves have fueled deadly blazes in Algeria, Italy and Greece, while parts of Europe further north grapple with torrential rain and wind.
More than 20,000 people have been forced to flee homes and hotels on one Greek island, and the fire danger, along with the heat, is spreading.
Europe is dealing with unusually high temperatures, and the heat is fueling wildfires. The blazes have forced more than 30,000 people in Greece to evacuate. Chris Livesay reports.
A weeklong wildfire on the resort island of Rhodes tore past defenses Monday.
Multiple islands in Greece are facing evacuations as heat has led to a breakout of wildfires. Residents have fled their homes, and thousands of tourists have been evacuated from the islands. BBC News correspondent Jenny Hill reports.
Around 19,000 people have been evacuated from villages and hotels on the Greek island of Rhodes in what authorities have called the largest ever fire evacuation in Greece's history. Firefighters there are trying to contain 82 wildfires across the country. BBC News reporter Azadeh Moshiri has more.
Extreme heat and windy conditions have created the perfect conditions for wildfires to spread in the popular European vacation spot in Greece, the island of Rhodes. Thousands of tourists were forced to evacuate to their hotels. Haley Ott reports.
Phoenix has gone 21 straight days with a high temperature above 110 degrees and the streak isn't expected to end anytime soon. And in Greece, wildfires are being fueled by the hot weather. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans is in Palm Springs, California, and BBC News reporter Azadeh Moshiri is in Athens, Greece, with the latest.
Firefighters from around Europe and the Middle East are on their way to Greece to help crews battle a raging wildfire near Athens. Hot dry weather is fueling the fire, which has already destroyed forests, homes and prompted evacuations. Azadeh Moshiri, a reporter with our news partners at the BBC, has the latest.
Greece evacuates beach resorts as a wildfire erupts, Cyprus reports a fatality, and Italians are warned it could hit a record 110 degrees this week.
The men from the village of Bandli, in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, were among hundreds who paid smugglers for a chance at a better life, but ended up sinking just 50 miles from Greece.
Rescuers pulled 104 survivors from the water and later recovered 78 bodies, but have not located any more since late Wednesday.
At least 78 people have died after a ship carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the Greek coast. Reports suggest there could have been between 400 and 750 people on board. Greek authorities have now arrested nine Egyptian nationals in connection with the illegal voyage. The BBC's Sofia Bettiza has the latest.
One official said the type of old fishing boat that sank in the Mediterranean, this one carrying as many as 750 people, are like "floating coffins."
At least 78 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Greece Wednesday. At least 100 people have been rescued.
It was unclear how many passengers might still be in the water, but some initial reports suggested hundreds of people may have been on board.
HMS Triumph was officially declared missing with 64 people on board in January 1942.