A mother describes evacuation coaches being blocked and clinging on to a boat with her daughter.
Kaz described the ash as falling "like snow" before water and electricity at the hotel stoppedA woman in Rhodes has described her experience of escaping the wildfires with her family as "horrific".
A lack of information or reps made the situation even scarier, but locals helped her out with gifts, she said.The Greek island has been battling fires fanned by strong winds since Tuesday after a heatwave saw temperatures in excess of 40C . "The locals were just saying 'get out of here', and you could see the red on the horizon as the flames started coming again.Boats arrived at around midnight to move people off the beach but this prompted another rush."We got on to a boat but had to cling on to stop falling in, but my daughter sang songs to keep my spirits up.
"They have given us toothbrushes and flip flops but all we want is to go home, but we have been told nothing about when that might happen.They were hoping to board a repatriation flight on Monday night.A newly-wed couple, from Leicestershire, who were celebrating their honeymoon in Rhodes, have also spoken of their "traumatic" experience.
Mrs Jones has said she and her husband were "very lucky" as they have now managed to flee via a taxi to Faliraki in the north of the island, where they had planned to stay later in their trip. "It was really quite traumatic driving to where we went because you could see everyone fleeing their hotels, and people were walking along the beaches, walking along the roads, and they had babies and small children."Officials estimate 19,000 have been evacuated by land and sea with more people due to be evacuated from three villages - Pefki, Lindos, Kalathos
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