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‘No active front’ in Rhodes, Corfu and central Greece blazes as more than 460 firefighters remain on alert

Eleni Myrivili, whose job is to help cities prepare for extreme heat, says many people do not understand how deadly it can be

As tourists start to trickle back to the Greek island of Rhodes, some people are spending their vacation on empty beaches amongst charred trees and burnt land.

Official blames negligence or arson for majority of 667 blazes that spread in extreme heat

Naked choruses, sexual fantasies, rubbish tip wastelands and nods to refugee camps … Athens’ Epidaurus festival is thrilling audiences – and thrusting theatre into the 21st century

Temperatures will dip from extremes but weather still expected to remain ‘sunny and warm’

Authorities are maintaining an exclusion zone around an air force base in central Greece where wildfires triggering powerful explosions at an ammunition depot

Temperatures will dip from extremes but weather still expected to remain ‘sunny and warm’

Fanned by strong winds and record temperatures, wildfires on the Greek island of Rhodes recently spread from the hilly interior to the densely populated coastline with astonishing speed, leaving authorities with the daunting task of evacuating thousands of residents and holidaymakers from harm’s way.

Fire Service spokesman Ioannis Artopios said 12 villages were ordered to be evacuated

As extreme heat recedes, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Spain and Algeria reflect on lives lost, environmental damage and costs to livelihoods