Copernicus Emergency Management Service
EU estimate: Wildfire near Athens burned area almost twice the size of Manhattan
A European Union satellite mapping agency says 104 square km (40 sq. miles) of land was burned northeast of Athens this week during a deadly wildfire that gutted dozens of homes and prompted multiple countries to send assistance.
Tourism with rationed water and jerricans
"The tourism sector has to adapt to the situation we are experiencing, which is absolutely abnormal," a member of the Catalan government told the Financial Times in an article published on April 18. "It is a very important sector, but with the same rights and the same obligations as any other."
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Evros wildfire scorches area bigger than New York City
The Evros wildfire, now in its 11th day, has destroyed an area larger than New York City, the European Union-backed Copernicus Climate Change Service has said.
Copernicus system activated to map burned areas
Copernicus, the EU's Earth observation program, has been activated for the immediate mapping of the areas in Eastern Attica, Western Attica, Viotia and Corinth (Loutraki) that has been burned in wildfires since Monday.
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