wildfires

Greek-American entrepreneurs have recently joined forces to launch the $11 million XPRIZE worldwide initiative to combat wildfires. XPRIZE Wildfire is a 4-year global competition that will provide funding to teams able to develop and demonstrate fully-autonomous capabilities to detect and...

Wildfires are raging in Greece for a third day on Wednesday as a punishing heatwave is engulfing the country. Hundreds of firefighters are battling the flames at Dervenochoria, west of Athens, which, according to the fire service is the most...

Flight operations at Catania airport, located on the southern Italian island of Sicily, are currently experiencing significant disruptions following damage to one of its terminals caused by a fire. On Sunday night, a blaze occurred at Vincenzo Bellini International Airport...

Much of the landscape in ancient Greece was shaped by fires, set mostly by invaders in pre-classical times, but also sometimes set by Greeks themselves. According to an article written by L.G. Liacos entitled "Present Studies and History of Burning...

Hundreds of firefighters aided by planes and helicopters are tackling three wildfires that broke out on Monday near Athens for a second day. The first fire broke out at Kouvaras, southeast of Athens, and moved really fast, spanning 12 km...

Authorities in Greece issued a fire hazard warning as the heatwave codenamed "Kleon", which has been affecting Greece over the past four days continues. The heatwave has led to scorching temperatures of 42C, 43C and even 44C, according to weather...

According to the Meteo service of the National Observatory of Athens, smoke from wildfires in Canada has reached Greece. Satellites captured imagery of the smoke in the Ionian Sea and Crete. Canadian are worried that this could be the worst...

The Hellenic Initiative (THI) has donated $50,000 to the non-profit foundation Desmos in Greece to strengthen the country’s defenses against chronic and devastating wildfires. The grant was made to seven volunteer firefighting groups on the island of Evia, by providing...

Greece will welcome over 180 firefighters from five European countries in the period July-August when wildfires are the most dangerous. The deployment is in the context of the firefighter's pre-positioning program that will be implemented again via the European Civil...

According to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the quality of air on earth will likely worsen due to an anticipated rise in frequency, intensity, and duration of heatwaves and wildfires. The WMO report indicates that heatwave...