Europe braces for record heat as wildfires hit Greece | DW News

Greece has been especially hard hit by wildfires. The normal summertime dangers are being made worse by a heat wave. Firefighting services are now trying to fight the flames in several different regions while keeping residents and visitors at a safe distance.

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[garysantos]

“The EARTH has its boundaries, but Human Stupidity is Limitless”
–Gustave Flaubert.

[Bentley]

That little turtle trying to escape broke my heart. And the horses… Poor innocent animals. What have we humans done

[axnyslie]

Wow who could have predicted all this? Aside from all the climatologists for many decades whom the politicians ignored and did nothing.

[freespiritable]

May everyone be safe 😔. Sending prayers from Albania

[gardenjoy]

The homeless situation in the US is SO out of hand and truly embarrassing. People need a cool shelter, during the day. Not an extra toothbrush. Bringing them cold water is indeed a life changer, but only on a day to day basis. How come the US is not able to love its own people slightly more and provide decent small apartments for people of little means?

[davidyasss]

Meanwhile in Ireland, we are having the worst July when it comes to rain. June was a scorcher. Very odd weather. Really wish we could shift this rain to Greece and the rest of the Mediterranean.

[GamesCooky]

I can't shake this sense that this is a much bigger problem than people are willing to realize.
It's hard to be optimistic when it comes to climate change.

[s.p.o.o.k.s.]

"we have to do climate repair to change it"

Everyone in the room with the money to do anything
*falls asleep*

And soon we'll all be asleep in the flames together

[ladfa]

According to those who do not study science, this is perfectly normal. They heard it was just as warm in July 1807, but the source for that claim is lost since they do not use sources.

[hemligx-sson]

In the normally warmest and sunniest part of Sweden the temperature today is 18 degrees C, during the night it was 9 degrees C. So far July has been like this, cold and some rain.

[therange]

It's awful. Standing by watching all you own going up in flames. Greece needs our rain in the UK!

[axlslak]

Good. She said what I wanted to hear. They activated the EU protection mechanism. RO firefighters prolly on their way soon. Romania sends their love to Greece. Stay strong Greece.

[sararichardson]

We don’t have time nor the luxury of hating each other. I hope this crisis unites us all .that would be a silver lining

[katjaxxx]

Please keep hydrated and look after children & elderly ones. Love from Germany 🇩🇪

[akhsdenlew]

In Greece wildfires are like... an every year for 2 months phenomenon for the last 20 years.

[SteffiReitsch]

It's just getting started. How's it going to be in 50 years time?? Sheesh! .

[Imonetone]

The climate is not a thermostat that you can lower the temp if it gets too hot. We have used fossil fuels commercially since 1873. How long do you think it will take us to reverse the damage?

[BlessedBroHilton]

meanwhile in the UK ...Rain when we should be having summer.

[KJSvitko]

The cost of dealing with the impact of Climate Change will be much greater than the cost of dealing with the cause.
We must stop adding more fossil fuels to the climate fire. Phase out coal power plants and replace them with wind and solar energy.
Individuals, businesses and governments need to be educated about climate change and how they can reduce fossil fuel use.

[Curling_Rack]

Toronto, Canada's summer went from wildfire smoke and a few heat alert days last month. July has been a steady 25c in the daytime and 15c at night