Photos show the city blanketed by thick clouds of smoke from the wildfire that is being driven by winds of up to 70 ...

Greece has been forced to issue a rare warning for UK tourists as a European heatwave continues, with temperatures expected ...

Greece has issued a rare "extreme" weather warning for UK tourists in Attica as a European heatwave pushes temperatures to 41 ...

IERAPETRA, Crete, July 3 (Reuters) - Firefighters battled a blaze Thursday on the island of Crete that scorched forests and olive groves and forced over 1,000 to evacuate, while a fresh ...

Fire burns in the Ahlia area near the port town of Ierapetra on Crete (InTime News/AP) Firefighters have been racing to contain wildfires that forced thousands to flee holiday resorts on the ...

Authorities asked residents of four settlements to evacuate and move toward Ierapetra. About 1,500 people have been evacuated so far, according to the Greek public broadcaster ERT.

Fire burns in the Ahlia area near the port town of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete island, Greece, late Wednesday, July 2, 2025, prompting the evacuation of villages and hotels in the region ...

Firefighter uses a hose as the try to extinguish the blaze near the town of Ierapetra on the south coast of Crete island, Greece, Thursday July 3, 2025. InTime News via AP ...

Try Ask The Post AI. More than 5,000 tourists, hotel workers and residents were evacuated from the Ierapetra area along Crete’s southern coast, authorities and hotel association officials said.

A rapidly spreading wildfire on the Greek island of Crete has triggered evacuations of hotels and homes as it bore down on coastal areas. Authorities said evacuations were ordered at three sites ...