Multiple fires continue to ravage Greece. Among the most significant are those currently raging in the Sterea Ellada region, the East Macedonia and Thrace regions, and on the islands of Euboea and Rhodope. One of the fires that is causing the worst destruction is the one ongoing in the East Macedonia and Thrace region. Firefighters are actively...

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The ongoing heatwave, combined with the absence of clouds over the Alps, resulted in record-breaking temperatures across Europe, even at high altitudes. According to  MeteoSwiss, the Federal Office for Meteorology and Climatology, the high-altitude air temperature record for the past 70 years ago has recently been recorded. Glaciers are being...

At the beginning of the third decade of August 2023, Greece faced a substantial outbreak of extensive wildfires, bringing significant concerns to the affected regions. In East Macedonia, the flames have consumed more than 8,500 hectares. At the same time, on the island of Evia, a fire has led to the evacuation of three villages to ensure the...

France is grappling with the consequences of the severe heatwave which is ongoing in central and western Europe. On 20 August, forty-nine air temperature records have been broken. One area particularly affected is Southern France, shown in this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image acquired on the same day. In the Rhone Valley, temperatures have...