extreme weather conditions in greece have fuelled more wildfires on the islands of rhodes, corfu, and evia, as well as dozens of fires impacting the mainland. this footage was filmed on the island of corfu on monday. more than 2,000 people have been evacuated from there. the island of rhodes is affected and the country s capital, athens, is under threat, as fires rage to the east and south west. it s peak tourist season in greece and there s been a major impact on travel. tui has become the latest travel company to cancel flights to rhodes. as tourists try to leave, residents are left behind. their livelihoods rely on business from foreign visitors. 0ur correspondentjenny hill has been speaking with them. it seems like a miracle no one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks. ..well, idyllic.
the heat has gotten so bad in athens, greece that the city is closing the being a crop popular tourist sites. 20 visitors have fainted due to the heat. athens is still bearing the bankruptcy of the heatwave with temperatures expected in the upper 30s today, 40s on saturday and sunday in madrid and rome with mid-30s. let s take you live now to paris and melissa bell. we know of course this is peak tourist season. but with this unprept pprecede heat, tourist attractions will have to reassess their safety measures. that s right. we ve seen it at thein athens a is set to increase over the
it covers most of italy, southern spain, croatia, bosnia, and montenegro. rome set a new record high at 41.8 degree celsius on tuesday. and wildfires have spread across greece and switzerland. one of the largest is north of athens. 250 firefighters are on the scene. and in india, floodwaters have reached the outer walls of the taj mahal. local media report the monument itself is not at risk. and china s southern provinces are being battered by a typhoon, the storm is expected to weaken after making a second landfall tuesday. tens of thousands have evacuated to higher ground amid rescue operations. anna coren is live in hong kong, but first let s bring in barbie nadeau who is in rome. and we know that this is happening all during peak tourist season, we re hearing of an increase in hospitalizations.
Pelling, the second most popular tourist destination after its main capital Gangtok is experiencing severe water scarcity, especially during the peak tourist
no reinforcements are coming. a series of blows have been inflicted on afghan women in the past year. its collective impact nowhere more visible than in the country s maternity wards. yogita limaye, bbc news, badakhshan. let s turn to china now, which continues to pursue its hardline zero covid policy. an outbreak at the resort city of sanya has sparked a lockdown. the restrictions on sanya, which is on the southern hainan island and a popular surfing destination, come during the peak tourist season. all flights and trains have been cancelled, leaving more than 80,000 tourists stranded there. i ve been speaking professor yanzhong huang who is a senior fellow for global health at the council on foreign relations and he says this lockdown is just part of china s