Briton Craig Hope was part of a 20-person team deployed to Greece in August 2021 when 25-mile fires broke out in Peloponnese, 100 miles south-west of Athens
relentless job for those firefighters. relentless job for those firefighters. on monday greece s prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, told parliament, the climate crisis is already here, it will manifest itself everywhere in the mediterranean with greater disasters. he likened the wildfires raging in greece to a war. let s speak to dr theodore giannaros, fire meteorologist at the national observatory of athens. good to have you with us on the program. when you look across the map tonight what do you see? do you see a fire service that is getting control of the fires and other conditions helping or hindering that effort? ~ ., . ., ., , effort? well weather conditions remain still effort? well weather conditions remain still very effort? well weather conditions remain still very dangerous - effort? well weather conditions remain still very dangerous to l remain still very dangerous to support the spread of wildfires. as far as i know the situation looks better compared to the prev
comparing the wildfires that are raging in greece to a war. dr. theodore giannaros is a fire meteorologist at the national observatory of athens, a little earlier he gave us this update. well fire weather conditions remain still very dangerous to support the spread of wildfires. as far as i know the situation looks better compared to the previous days. however, we still expect another day tomorrow to be very difficult because we will have very hot conditions, very hot weather, dry conditions and possibly have some westerly, south westerly winds that could help the fires. if ignited that will spread. we want to remain focused tomorrow and wait for weather to improve the days after. can you talk specifically about the islands crete and rhodes? we understand is particularly
the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going to the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going to be the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going to be more - think it is going to be more challenging to contain this fire now? there are clearly a lot of resources deployed on the ground to try and make sure this doesn t go any further. try and make sure this doesn t go any further- any further. what i can tell you is the conditions any further. what i can tell you is the conditions today any further. what i can tell you is the conditions today and - any further. what i can tell you is l the conditions today and tomorrow will remain very dangerous. we extreme do or expect extreme fire weather condition, hot and dry weather condition, hot and dry weather for a long weather condition, hot and dry weatherfor a long period of more than ten days and we also expect on the island of rhodes intense winds. in ter
up in touch with their operator, keep up with the news. people may want to return earlier than they originally planned and the foreign office is helping people with that, as are some of the operators. british airways will be flying out a plane this week which will be bigger than its needs with the intention of bringing home more people than they bringing home more people than they bring in. the foreign office has been issuing advice to people, they say they have been working with the greek authorities and airlines, travel companies and they say a rapid deployment team is on its way. that is the latest that we have at the moment, but it is a very fluid situation. . ~ the moment, but it is a very fluid situation. ., ~ , ., ., ., situation. thank you for that u date. we are joined now by dr theodore giannaros who is the associate researcher at the national 0bservatory of athens in greece. thank you very much forjoining us. in terms of predicting this wildfire, given your experience, is th