Greece's worst wildfire season in years has pushed emergency services past their limits near Athens, killing firefighters and destroying over 10,000 hectares as hotter, drier summers turn Mediterranean forests into tinder earlier each year. Volunteer brigades and mutual-aid agreements with neighboring EU states are stretched thin. Is Southern Europe structurally unprepared for a climate-changed future, or is this just what adaptation looks like in real time?
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Watched the live footage earlier, looked apocalyptic
Climate + tourism pressure is a brutal combo for the islands