Unfolding disaster in Greece shows the climate crisis is very real
The speed these fires are spreading is truly frightening.In the open air, the simple act of breathing feels uncomfortable and flakes of ash pepper our clothes.
The wildfires have now been burning for a few days and in some places they've destroyed people's homes.We meet Stella, who's just been told to leave her property in Kandili in the town of Mandra, an outer suburb of Athens."I haven't slept. Look, look at what's happening. I haven't slept in two days because I knew the fire was coming over here. I could see it, I could feel it. We haven't slept we have all spent the whole night outside," she tells me.
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