Two more Greek islands, Evia and Corfu, are evacuating travellers as wildfires sweep the region for the sixth day.
Over 19,000 people have already been evacuated from Rhodes, 16,000 by land and 3,000 by sea, with no casualties.
The Greek Ministry of Climate Change and Civil Protection has described it as the largest evacuation from a wildfire in the country”.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says the breeze is fanning the flames and causing the temperature to soar above 40C.
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