Fires Fry Southern Europe, Reigniting Debate About Role of Climate Change in Natural Disasters

What’s really behind the blazes around the Mediterranean is up for debate.

AP/Petros Giannakouris
Firefighters work as flames approach Vati village, on the Aegean Sea island of Rhodes, southeastern Greece, July 25, 2023. AP/Petros Giannakouris

ATHENS — Prime Minister Mitsotakis was hardly exaggerating when he told the Greek parliament on Monday that “for the next few weeks, we must be on constant alert. We are at war.” As firefighters battle devastating wildfires that have scorched areas near Athens and the islands of Rhodes and Corfu, forcing an unprecedented mass evacuation of tourists by land and by sea, the outlook for the rest of a summer already marred by searing heat is uncertain at best. 

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