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When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. As another summer approaches, and as climate change makes wildfires ever more deadly across southern Europe, Greece has developed a new doctrine to contain the damage, including deploying an extra fire truck to each new blaze, speeding up air support and clearing forests. But five firefighters and three experts said the initiative doesn't address shortfalls in planning and prevention and more devastation awaits.

When firefighters arrived at a blaze in a pine forest on the Greek island of Rhodes last July, flames were already leaping above the trees into the night sky. The volunteers needed to act fast, but dense vegetation on the forest floor blocked access. With crews unable to get close, the fire spread and within days had engulfed the Mediterranean island, forcing 19,000 people to flee - one of the biggest disaster evacuations in Greece's history.

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

Relentless job for those firefighters. relentless job for those firefighters. on monday greece's prime minister, kyriakos mitsotakis, told parliament, "the climate crisis is already here, it will manifest itself everywhere in the mediterranean with greater disasters." he likened the wildfires raging in greece to a "war." let's speak to dr theodore giannaros, fire meteorologist at the national observatory of athens. good to have you with us on the program. when you look across the map tonight what do you see? do you see a fire service that is getting control of the fires and other conditions he...

The field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going — the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going to _ the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going to be _ the field. doctor theodore, do you think it is going to be more - think it is going to be more challenging to contain this fire now? there are clearly a lot of resources deployed on the ground to try and make sure this doesn't go any further. try and make sure this doesn't go any further-— any further. what i can tell you is the conditions _ any further. what i can tell you is the conditions today _ any further. what i...