- Title: Extreme weather timeline from July-September 2021
- Date: 12th December 2021
- Summary: Fanned by high temperatures and a strong, dry wind, fires have forced thousands of Turks and foreign tourists to flee homes and hotels near the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. MARMARIS, TURKEY (FILE - JULY 29, 2021) (REUTERS) HELICOPTER THROWING WATER ON FLAMES HELICOPTER FILLING BUCKET VARIOUS OF HELICOPTER THROWING WATER ON FLAMES HELICOPTER FLYING AWAY TOWARDS SMOKE BODRUM, TURKEY (FILE - AUGUST 3, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FIRE OVER THE HILLS A fire on the Greek island of Evia burned for more than a week in August before being contained, ravaging swathes of forest in the island's north and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people by sea. EVIA, GREECE (FILE - AUGUST 4, 2021) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF DARK CLOUDS OF SMOKE AND FLAMES, TREE ON FIRE, FIREFIGHTERS SPRAYING WATER ON OLIVE PRESS OLIVE PRESS STRUCTURES ON FIRE LIMNI, EVIA, GREECE (FILE - AUGUST 6, 2021) (REUTERS) (MUTE) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FIRE BURNING PEOPLE ON BEACH, FIRE BURNING VILIA, GREECE (FILE - AUGUST 18, 2021) (REUTERS) FIRE BURNING NEXT TO ROAD WHERE FIREMAN AND FIRE TRUCK STANDING VARIOUS OF FIRE BURNING NEXT TO HOUSE VARIOUS OF FIREMAN WITH HOSE AMONG TREES SPRAYING TREES HELICOPTER OVERHEAD DROPPING WATER NEAR HOUSE VARIOUS OF ORANGE FLAMES IN TREES BURNING TELEPHONE POLES HELICOPTER FLYING OVER FIRE FOREST NEXT TO TREES UP IN FLAMES FIREFIGHTERS LOOKING AT FLAMES RISING ABOVE TREES Rare summer flooding submerged Venice's famed Piazza San Marco in up to a metre of water overnight. VENICE, ITALY (FILE - AUGUST 8, 2021) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) TOURISTS WALKING THROUGH ST. MARK'S SQUARE DURING HIGH TIDE, WITH WATER TO THEIR ANKLES COUPLES DANCING TO PIANIST WITH ANKLES SUBMERGED IN WATER OUTSIDE RESTAURANT TOURISTS WADING THROUGH FLOODWATER IN ST. MARK'S SQUARE TOURISTS WALKING, CHILDREN SPLASHING IN WATER IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S BASILICA BAR CHAIRS SUBMERGED IN WATER Fires stoked by hot winds swept through southern Italy on August 12, a day after a monitoring station in Sicily reported temperatures of 48.8 Celsius (119.84°F) which some scientists believe could be the highest in European history. GIARRATANA, ITALY (FILE - AUGUST 11, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FOREST BURNING
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