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In July 2023, tourists scrambled for safety as wildfires raged across Greece. In some instances, rescuers plucked trapped visitors off beaches by boat. On the island of Rhodes alone, fire forced some 19,000 people to flee—the largest evacuation in the country ever.
The disaster struck locals equally as hard, though the fires dealt them a double blow: with fleeing tourists went part of the economy.
As the…
