SONNA – Thousands of people have been evacuated from the Greek islands of Rhodes and Corfu as Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis declared that the Mediterranean nation was at war with wildfires raging across the country.<\/p>\n
On the resort island of Rhodes, one of Greece\u2019s leading holiday destinations, the flames remained out of control for a seventh day, forcing hundreds of people to\u00a0flee their homes and hotels, according to a fire brigade spokesperson.<\/p>\n
The latest evacuations were ordered after 19,000 people, mostly tourists, were moved in buses and boats over the weekend out of the path of the fire that reached several coastal areas from nearby mountains.<\/p>\n
It was the country\u2019s\u00a0biggest evacuation effort in recent years.<\/p>\n
On the western Ionian tourist island of Corfu, about 2,400 visitors and locals were also relocated as a precautionary measure from Sunday into Monday. Evacuations were reported on the island of Evia and in a mountainous area in the southern Peloponnese region.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the next few weeks, we must be on constant alert. We are at war,\u201d the Greek prime minister told parliament. \u201cWe will rebuild what we lost, we will compensate those who were hurt\u2026 The climate crisis is already here. It will manifest itself everywhere in the Mediterranean with greater disasters,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He warned that the nation faced \u201canother three difficult days ahead\u201d before high temperatures are forecast to ease.<\/p>\n
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