On the Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea, the number of tourists evacuated due to forest fires has reached 70 thousand people.
According to Protothema, local authorities report that the Greek airport handled 356 flights with 50 thousand passengers on July 22 and 165 flights with 20 thousand people on Sunday, July 23.
Moreover, according to experts' forecasts, the number of flights is expected to double in the near future.
Earlier it became known about 30 thousand evacuated tourists, who were taken out of dangerous areas of the island of Rhodes on boats and boats.
Recall that in Greece called to ask Russia to ask Be-200 airplanes to extinguish fires.