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2 million people have died as a result of extreme weather in the last 50 years.

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Thousands of people were forced to flee Athens, Greece as wildfires ravaged the country this summer

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Pedestrians walk past grafitti “Athens is Lava” in central Athens on July 12, 2017.

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Though climate change is exacerbating wildfires, there are still things we can do to help prevent them in our own countries.

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19/08/2021

Devastation caused by wildfire in California, USA

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Wildfires are increasing COVID cases and deaths, says new study

17/08/2021

Goats are seen at a burn area near Krioneritis village on Evia island, about 181 kilometers (113 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021.

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Greek PM Mitsotakis: Wildfires 'worst ecological disaster' in decades

12/08/2021

Syracuse, Sicily, which recorded the hottest temperature in European history yesterday.

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12/08/2021

Local residents fight wildfires in the village of Gouves on Evia (Euboea) island.

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Residents in Greece resist evacuation to battle wildfires

11/08/2021

Firefighters operate at Ellinika village on Evia island, about 176 kilometers (110 miles) north of Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 9, 2021

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Criticism grows over Greece's handling of raging wildfires

09/08/2021

People on a beach watch the blazes spreading up a hill in the Aegean coast city of Oren, near Milas, in the holiday region of Mugla.

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Turkey’s climate goals ‘critically insufficient’ amid raging wildfires

04/08/2021