Southern European countries braced Friday for a punishing weekend heatwave, with temperatures predicted to hit up to 40 ...

Rome, Venice and 19 other Italian cities are under a red alert for high temperatures this weekend, as temperatures also ...

Greek firefighters said Friday that a forest blaze that had forced evacuations around Athens was under control, but warned ...

A large wildfire broke out Thursday south of Athens, prompting authorities to send phone alerts urging the evacuation of five ...

Homes Burn as Wildfire Sweeps Through Coastal Towns Near Athens A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed homes and forced large-scale evacuations southeast of Athens.

Greece is experiencing its first heat wave of the summer. A large wildfire broke out south of Athens, prompting evacuations ...

A large wildfire broke out south of Athens on Thursday, triggering authorities to issue evacuation orders and shut down parts ...

A wildfire broke out in Thymari settlement by Palaia Fokaia in SE Attica on Thursday. Due to strong winds, the blaze rages out of control.

A house is seen in front of a forest which had been burned in an Aug. 2021 wildfire, in Ippokratios Politia village, about 35 kilometres north of Athens, 23 August 2024. AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis ...

The Athens fire is believed to have started from a faulty power cable, similar to the Camp fire that burned more than 150,000 acres in California. Advertisement.

With the smell still lingering in its suburbs after Greece's worst wildfire this year, floods and pollution now threaten Athens, experts say.

Firefighters battled on Wednesday to extinguish the final pockets of a wildfire near Athens that killed a woman and forced thousands of people to flee their homes.. The blaze burned 40 square ...