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'You couldn't do anything': The homes burned by Greece's searing wildfires

Sky News Tuesday, 13 August 2024
'You couldn't do anything': The homes burned by Greece's searing wildfiresPicking through broken glass and twisted metal, Sakis Morfis is looking at what's left of his home.
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