Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee

Paris (ESA) Jul 27, 2023

Wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes have forced the evacuation of thousands of people as flames have spread from the island's mountainous region to the coast. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the ongoing blaze yesterday 23 July 2023. The image has been processed by combining natural colour bands with shortwave-infrared information to highlight the fire f