In Greece, at least one person is dead and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as firefighters battle wildfires around the capital Athens. Survivors recall fleeing their homes as the flames approached.

Sakis Morfis: “My house, it was utterly destroyed. Even the walls fell down. … There’s nothing left. There’s no morale, no courage. There’s no money anymore. Everything was destroyed.”

The Greek fires have been fanned by strong winds and record high temperatures, following the hottest June and July ever recorded in Greece, which also logged its warmest winter on record this year.