bell sent us this report from the island of avia. exodus from evia. there are long queues at the port. people are waiting to get on ferries to the mainland. holiday makers and some locals are leaving, after villages and parts of the north of the island were evacuated. chris, who works on avia as a singer, says the wildfires are spreading and the authorities aren t doing enough. the most people see that we don t have any help until yesterday and they could save everybody and it wasn t true. the people don t know where to go. the big problem is that we feel that they let us burn. this is what they re fleeing from. wildfires have been blazing out of control for almost a week now. siren wails.
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climate standpoint. from an air pollution standpoint climate standpoint. from an air pollution standpoint climate standpoint. gavin, thanks so much forjoining climate standpoint. gavin, thanks so much forjoining us climate standpoint. gavin, thanks so much forjoining us on climate standpoint. gavin, thanks so much forjoining us on newsday. - greece is continuing to battle raging wildfires on the country s second largest island, evia. the fires have been burning for a week after the most severe heatwave in 30 years. the greek prime minister said they were facing a natural disaster of unprecedented dimensions, and it was obvious the climate crisis was now knocking on the door of the entire planet. more than 600 firefighters, some of them from the uk, are trying to control blazing forests which have destroyed homes and businesses. 0ur europe correspondent bethany bell reports from evia. fires rage on in evia. it s been a week and they re still not under control here. greece is
of greece, as wildfires continue to burn out of control. this summer, scorching temperatures across much of southern europe have left woodland, tinder dry and susceptible to fire. greece itself is experiencing its worst heatwave in 30 years. the region north of athens and evia, the country s second largest island, are among the worst hit areas. ferries are helping to evacuate residents and holidaymakers from both. matt graveling reports. sirens. thousands of hectares, habitats, homes. ..all reduced to ash. with each change in the wind carving a new path of devastation, those who stay save whatever they can. 0thers pack up their lives and head to the port.