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Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense. Satellite observations help civil protection authorities respond to emergencies. This image shows wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes. It was captured in July 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.
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Climate change and land-use change are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense. Satellite observations help civil protection authorities respond to emergencies. This image shows wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes. It was captured in July 2023 by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

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Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee
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Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee

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A month after fires ravaged the island of Rhodes in July 2023, more fires have ripped through Greece this week as southern Europe swelters under a late summer heatwave. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows the ongoing blaze near Alexandroupoli in the Evros region of northeast Greece – close to the Türkiye border.
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This summer, Europe experienced a relentless heatwave, fuelling wildfires in several countries. This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image shows the burn scars left by fires on the Greek island of Rhodes.
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