PM: Greece fought wildfires more effectively despite tougher climate challenges

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said that Greece managed to combat wildfires more effectively this summer, despite facing even more severe climate crisis-driven challenges.

Speaking in Parliament during a debate that reviewed the fire season and discussed government efforts to support fire victims, restore damaged infrastructure, and strengthen Civil Protection, Mitsotakis said, "This year was expected to be climatically challenging. In fact, it was the most difficult in the last 40 years. We faced consistently above-average temperatures, extreme drought, strong winds, prolonged dry spells, and minimal snowfall in the mountains. We knew the conditions would be particularly problematic."

"We reached fire risk levels of 4 and 5 earlier than in previous years. The state apparatus was on alert for six months, with forest fires even occurring in September,"...