Monte Grifone News Today

St. Benedict the Moor, a 16th-century Franciscan whose incorrupt body was interned at Santa Maria di Gesù Parish in Sicily, has been mostly incinerated.

The Sicilian Archaeological Park of Segesta and the church of San Benedetto il Moro are among the landmarks impacted by fires in the Mediterranean.

Located in the Sicilian capital of Palermo, the Church of Santa Maria di Gesù caught fire on July 25 after a wildfire spread down the slopes of Monte Grifone.

The Foreign Office has updated its travel advice for Greece, Spain and Italy as wildfires continue to rage in Europe

Briton Craig Hope was part of a 20-person team deployed to Greece in August 2021 when 25-mile fires broke out in Peloponnese, 100 miles south-west of Athens

Wildfires raging across Greece for more than a week abate, while Italy counts three more deaths in devastating blaze.

Wildfires on the Italian island of Sicily led to Palermo Airport being shut down overnight, with turbulence in the air space above leading to more flight issues to and from the island

From raging wildfires in Greece, powerful storms in Germany and Switzerland, to huge hail and fires in Italy, Europe is being pummelled by extreme weather.

Arsonists heaping misery on inhabitants are to blame for Corfu's wildfires - as firefighters grapple with blazes across Greece.

Italian firefighters have been working relentlessly to bring under control the wildfires, which have killed at least two people, destroyed homes and sparked the temporary closure of roads and an airport.