How wildfires spread rapidly through Greek island - and how much has been affected
Tuesday 25 July 2023 01:57, UKThe largest wildfire evacuation in Greek history has seen 19,000 people forced to leave their towns and resorts.Satellite data from NASA shows that wildfires had been burning for several days beforehand, but spread rapidly over the weekend as winds picked up.
By late June, satellites were picking up dangerous levels of drought in central Rhodes. European monitors began detecting dangerously low levels of moisture in the small logs and compact layers of rotting pine needles that cover much of the mountainsides. "It had been confined to hilly terrain and hadn't been spreading very far Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and that's because the wind speeds were quite low," says Dr Thomas Smith, an associate professor in environmental geography at the London School of Economics.
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