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An image from the NASA Satellite 'Aqua' shows the devastation of the fires across the country.
An image from the NASA Satellite 'Aqua' shows the devastation of the fires across the country.
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#9. Greece Forest Fires
This was the summer that Greece burned. Through June, July and August, vicious heat waves, with temperatures exceeding 105°F, and lengthy droughts turned the country into a tinderbox. The worst fires occurred in August, when a series of sudden firestorms in Peloponnese, Attica and Euboea left nearly 70 people dead. Residents in Olympia, site of the ancient Olympics, had to be evacuated, along with citizens throughout the south of the country. Altogether the infernos burned nearly half a million acres.
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