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Evia鈥檚 inferno

Residents fled for their lives as wildfires on the Greek island of Evia devastated vast areas of forest and precious olive groves. Maria Margaronis hears their stories.

With the UN climate conference in Glasgow drawing to a close, Assignment brings us the final programme in a series telling the stories of three places devastated by extreme weather events. Maria Margaronis travels to the Greek island of Evia, where vast areas of centuries-old forests, olive groves and houses were burned by a week-long inferno. And now come the rains, bringing polluted water and mudslides.

Presented by Maria Margaronis and produced by Mark Burman.

(Image: A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire on the island of Evia, August 2021. Credit: Reuters/Nikolas Economou)

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27 minutes

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Thu 11 Nov 2021 21:06GMT

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  • Thu 11 Nov 2021 02:32GMT
  • Thu 11 Nov 2021 09:06GMT
  • Thu 11 Nov 2021 13:32GMT
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