Locals and tourists evacuated as the fire began to spread on Wednesday. Instagram/d_morice Over 1500 people were evacuated from hotels and homes overnight on the Greek holiday island of Crete as a ...

The blaze broke out on Wednesday afternoon (2 July) and has been whipped by gale-force winds in rugged and forested terrain. Around 230 firefighters were operating in the area overnight to try and ...

More than 200 firefighters are struggling to tackle an out-of-control wildfire on Crete — Greece’s largest island and a tourist hotspot — as authorities order mass evacuations. The fire broke out ...

The earthquake hit the popular tourist hotspot around 9.30am and there warnings were issued of a tsunami. The underwater quake prompted a “small tsunami” in the south of the Greek island. The ...