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In Greece, the island of Euboea haunted by the threat of fire

2022-06-23T15:18:44.936Z


REPORT - A year after the fires that devastated the country's second largest island, the population is trying to rebuild itself, but fears that, in this paradise that has become an emblem of climate change, the nightmare has only just begun.


Euboea

In the landscape all in ashes resonate children's laughter.

They learn to make an animated film in the heart of a charred forest, while adults discover

La Belle Verte

, a film by Coline Serreau screened at the open-air cinema of Edipsos, which opens its doors for the first time since 28 years old.

Hearing laughter here in the north of the island of Euboea was unimaginable a few months ago.

In August 2021, Greece's second largest island was ravaged by giant fires that devastated 100,000 hectares of forest in less than two weeks.

The strong European and international mobilization struggled to counter the violent winds that fanned the flames.

A heavy tribute for this corner of paradise which has become an emblematic point of the current climate disaster.

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The reconstruction will take time, but Élise Jalladeau, general director of the Thessaloniki Film Festival, wants to try to “

repair the inhabitants of the island, by offering them life, culture…

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Source: lefigaro

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