Tour operators began flying home vacationers as wildfires raged on the Greek island of Rhodes on Monday and officials said the threat of further fires was high in almost every region of the country.
Posted: Jul 24, 2023 7:38 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 minute agoWildfires forced 19,000 people to flee the popular tourist island of Rhodes in Greece. It’s considered the largest evacuation ever for the country and it wasn’t without issues.
From Sunday until 6 a.m. on Monday, 1,489 tourists were flown back, mainly to Britain, Germany and Italy, Greek government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said, describing the evacuation as the largest undertaken in the country. "It was quite a bit of a struggle on the beach with the smoke," said John Hope, a tourist from Manchester, England.DurationThe popular tourist island of Corfu is the latest location in Greece to order evacuations in the face of devastating fires
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