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Elena Becatoros

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Reporter with The Associated Press

7 Articles

Strong earthquake in Crete kills one and injures nine

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 5.8 struck the Greek island of Crete on Monday, September 27, 2021, killing one person and injuring several others, while damaging homes and churches and causing rock slides near the country's fourth-largest city.
News | September 27th 2021

Fires still raging northwest of Athens

Hundreds of firefighters backed by water-dropping flames were battling a large forest fire burning for the second day on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, that has led to the evacuation of a care home and several villages northwest of Athens.
Wildfires
News | August 17th 2021

Greek PM calls this summers wildfires a major ecological catastrophe

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday, August 12, 2021, that the devastating wildfires that burned across the country for more than a week were the greatest ecological catastrophe Greece had seen in decades.
Wildfires
News | August 12th 2021

Northern most part of Greek island of Evia destroyed by massive fire

A massive wildfire burning for days on the northern tip of Greece’s second largest island continued to devour forests on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, its thick smoke hanging in the streets of a nearby town as hundreds of firefighters battled to save what they could.
Wildfires
News, Politics | August 10th 2021

A week in and Greece is still battling massive fire

Firefighters and residents battled a massive forest fire on Greece’s second largest island for a seventh day on Monday, August 8, 2021, fighting to save what they can from flames that have decimated vast tracts of pristine forest, destroyed homes and businesses and sent thousands fleeing.
Wildfires
News | August 9th 2021

Fire forces evacuations of thousands in Greece and Turkey, some by sea

Thousands of people fled wildfires burning out of control in Greece and Turkey on Friday, August 6, 2021, as a protracted heat wave turned forests into tinderboxes and flames threatened populated areas, electricity installations and historic sites.
News | August 6th 2021

Thousands flee homes near Athens as fire rages

Firefighters in Greece raced on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, to fully contain a wildfire on the outskirts of Athens that destroyed or seriously damaged dozens of homes overnight, forced thousands to flee, and threatened a former royal palace, as high temperatures fueled wildfires across the country.
Wildfires
News | August 4th 2021

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