General Secretariat of Civil Protection
Elevated fire risk in five Greek regions
Five regions in Greece will be at very high risk of fires on Saturday, based on the Fire Risk Forecast Map issued by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.
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High risk of fire in nine Greek regions on Tuesday
There is a high risk of fire in nine regions of Greece on Tuesday according to the map released daily by the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, part of the Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry.
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‘Very high risk’ of fires in six regions Saturday
The Civil Protection Ministry has warned of a "very high risk" of fire in six of the country's 13 regions on Saturday.
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Extreme risk of fire for seven regions on Thursday
The General Secretariat of Civil Protection issued its daily fire risk prediction map, forecasting extreme risk of fire (risk category 5) for seven regions of Greece on Thursday.
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‘Extreme danger’ of fires in six regions Wednesday
The Civil Protection Ministry has warned of an "extreme danger" of fire in six of the country's 13 regions on Wednesday.
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Cyprus and Croatia to send three firefighting aircraft
Cyprus and Croatia are to deploy firefighting aircraft to Greece through the EU-wide Civil Protection Mechanism, following an additional request from the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, to help battle wildfires that have intensified as the Kleon heat wave continues.
Cyprus has provided two Air Tractors and Croatia one CL-415 from the rescEU fleet of firefighting planes.
Greece: At Least 78 Dead After Migrant Boat Sinks
The Greek Coast Guard on Wednesday stated that at least 78 migrants have been found dead after a fishing boat was wrecked off Pylos, Peloponnese. So far, 104 migrants have been rescued.
A rescue operation took place in the early hours of the morning in international waters 47 nautical miles southwest of Pylos.
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Two villages in Kozani quarantined over coronavirus deaths, infections
Two villages in western Macedonia were quarantined on Monday where authorities have recorded in the past few days three deaths from the new coronavirus and more than 10 infections, according to the General Secretariat of Civil Protection.
The villages, Damaskinia and Dragasia, are located between the towns of Kozani and Kastoria.
Storms wreak havoc on Zakynthos
A new wet front that brought heavy showers and thunderstorms to western Greece and the Ionian has wreaked widespread destruction, causing floods, uprooting trees and damaging roofs and roads on the island of Zakynthos, officials of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection said on Wednesday.
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Travel alert issued for Greece as wildfires looming ahead
Romania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) has informed Romanian citizens in Greece or wanting to travel there that the General Secretariat of Civil Protection announced that there is a high risk of wildfires (grade 4 out of 5) on several islands on Monday due to high temperatures. According to a MAE statement the islands are: Samos, Kos, Rhodos, Saria, Karpathos, Crete (east).