European wildfires threaten popular tourist sites in Italy and Greece

Fleeing thick smoke and flames, beachgoers in Italy abandoned sunbeds and escaped on Sunday. More than 100 on the world famous Italian island of Sardinia had to be rescued from the sea, forced there by the fastmoving fire. This woman found on a rock, her beach bag beside her.Across the Mediterranean, fires are engulfing communities. This was another tourist island, Cather in Greece Saturday. This month, satellite images showed thick smoke from a fire streaming across the Greek islands.In a northern suburb o ...