Greece continues struggling with wildfires

STORY: Greece Rhodes Fires - Greece continues struggling with wildfires

LENGTH: 02:02

FIRST RUN: 1425

RESTRICTIONS: No use by BBC, ITN (including Channel 4 and 5), Al Jazeera, Bloomberg

TYPE: English/Natsound

SOURCE: SKY

STORY NUMBER: 4338208

DATELINE: 4 August 2021 - Rhodes, Greece

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Rhodes, Greece - 3 August 2021

1. Various of burnt vineyard

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jason Zafeirakopoulos, vineyard owner:

"We're thankful that we still have our home and our buildings for our business because the flames came so very close that we might have been homeless today. So I guess we're thankful for that. But we do struggle to figure out how we're going to recover."

3. Various of burnt woodland near road

4. Various of Greek Development Minister Nikolaos Papathanasis speaking with officials

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nikolaos Papathanasis, Greek Development Minister:

"It's directly to climate change, yes, and as you see, the temperatures that Greece is experiencing are quite high. But it's not only that we see these temperatures in North America all over the world, Australia, we see wildfires burning millions of acres."

6. Sea water lapping

7. Various of holiday makers on beach

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Tourist, no name given:

"No, it (heat wave) is not good, not good."

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Tourist, no name given:

"A little bit too hot, to be honest, but yeah, makes us think also about the environment a little bit."

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Tourist, no name given:

"We'd probably just come at a different time of the year, like October or something."

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Tourist, no name given:

"They have ways of how to cope with it. I wouldn't care that much, but yeah, it's, it's getting a little bit unbearable."

12 . Various of beach

STORYLINE:

Wildfires continued in Rhodes wiping out a local vineyard on Tuesday with the heat wave forecast to continue in Greece until the end of the week.

Greece is enduring its worst heat wave in decades, with temperatures in parts of the country expected to reach 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).

Authorities said 81 wildfires had been reported around the country in 24 hours from late Monday to late Tuesday.

British broadcaster Sky News spoke to Jason Zafeirakopoulos in Rhodes after fires destroyed his family's vineyard.

"We're thankful that we still have our home and our buildings for our business," he said adding, "But we do struggle to figure out how we're going to recover."

Greek Development Minister Nikolaos Papathanasis told Sky that the wildfires are linked "directly to climate change."

One tourist trying to relax on the beech said the heat was "getting a little bit unbearable."

Extreme weather also has fueled deadly wildfires in Turkey and blazes in Italy, and across the Mediterranean region.

Emergency measures remain in place all week, including changes to working hours and services, and heightened fire monitoring.

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