Rhodes wildfires are 'like a biblical catastrophe'

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1970-01-01 08:00

As well as tourists, the wildfires have come at a great personal cost to the Greek island's residents.

The young woman stares at a charred beach umbrella lying in the sand and sighs.

"For the tourists, it was a really terrifying and bad experience, but for us, it's worse because we live here. Everything is burned."

Edisa, aged 19, who lives in Lindos with her parents on the south-east coast...