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Belongings float in the water after a storm, on the beach in Arapya, Bulgaria, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Bulgaria's Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov said two people died and three others were missing after a storm caused floods on the country's southern Black Sea coast. (AP Photo/Milena Genadieva)

At least 6 people die as severe rainstorms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria

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Firefighters spray water inside a woodland during a wildlife in the suburb of Stamata, in northern Athens, Greece, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. Wildfires are common in Greece and other southern European countries during their hot, dry summers as dozens of fires have been breaking out each day across the country for weeks. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

A massive wildfire in northeastern Greece is gradually abating, with over 700 firefighters deployed

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CORRECTS MONTH TO SEPTEMBER - Italian team celebrates after winning against Serbia during the Basketball World Cup second round match at the Araneta Coliseum, Manila, Philippines, Friday, Sept. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Germany, Slovenia, U.S. and Lithuania make World Cup quarterfinals

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Smoke rises from a burnt tree during a wildfire in Giannouli village, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Greek authorities have further reinforced firefighting forces in the country's northeast, where a massive blaze in its thirteenth day has flared up once more, triggering authorities to issue alerts to residents in the area to be on standby for possible evacuation. (e-evros.gr via AP)

Greece: Firefighters rescue 25 migrants trapped in forest as massive wildfire approached

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Flames burn a forest during wildfires near the village of Sykorrahi, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Greek authorities have further reinforced firefighting forces in the country’s northeast, where a massive blaze in its thirteenth day has flared up once more, triggering authorities to issue alerts to residents in the area to be on standby for possible evacuation. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras, file)

Greece reinforces firefighting forces as a massive wildfire in the northeast burns for a 13th day

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Migrants disembark from a Greek coast vessel after a rescue operation, at the port of Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Greek authorities say four people died and 18 were rescued Monday after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos, which lies near the Turkish coast. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)

About 150 migrants rescued from two sailboats off western Greece and in the Aegean Sea

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A burned house stands in Acharnes suburb, on Mount Parnitha, in northwestern Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries, backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling three persistent major wildfires in Greece Sunday, two of which have been raging for days. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country’s northeast

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Volunteer firefighters park their fire truck during a daily routine maintenance, in the northern suburb of Nea Erithrea, Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. Greece is plagued by hundreds of wildfires each summer. To protect their area from potentially deadly blazes, a group of residents from a suburb in northern Athens have joined forces to hire a company using long-range drones equipped with thermal imaging cameras and a sophisticated early warning system to catch fires before they can spread. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

To stop wildfires, residents in some Greek suburbs put their own money toward early warning drones

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Solar panels are seen near a burned forest in Acharnes suburb, on Mount Parnitha, in northwestern Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries, backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters were battling three persistent major wildfires in Greece Sunday, two of which have been raging for days. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Massive wildfire in northeastern Greece persists for 11th day despite European firefighting efforts

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Migrants disembark from a Greek coast vessel after a rescue operation, at the port of Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, Monday, Aug. 28, 2023. Greek authorities say four people died and 18 were rescued Monday after a boat carrying migrants apparently sank northeast of the Greek island of Lesbos, which lies near the Turkish coast. (AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas)

5 dead, including 4 children, in 2 migrant boat sinkings off Greek islands near Turkish coast

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

U.S. forward Mikal Bridges (5) recovers the ball in front of Greece guard Giannoulis Larentzakis (5) during the first half of a Basketball World Cup group C match in Manila, Philippines Monday, Aug. 28, 2023.(AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

U.S. eases past Greece at Basketball World Cup to advance to the second round

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Firetrucks are seen on a road in burned forest near the Fyli suburb, northwest Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as the European Union's largest single fire recorded have recovered another body, the fire department says, bringing the total death toll of wildfires in Greece this week to 21. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greek fire officials arrest 2 for arson as multiple wildfires continue to burn across the country

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. Modi's visit to Athens is especially significant for Greek foreign policy as it is the first official visit by an Indian prime minister to Greece in 40 years. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

India’s Modi visits Greece, the first visit to the country by an Indian prime minister in 40 years

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Local residents watch the wildfire in Avantas village, near Alexandroupolis town, in the northeastern Evros region, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Gale-force winds are fanning the flames of wildfires across Greece, including 53 new blazes that broke out early Monday amid hot, dry and windy weather that has sucked moisture from vegetation. (AP Photo/Achilleas Chiras)

Wildfires torment Greece. California digs out from Hilary. What to know in extreme weather now

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Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, left, welcomes Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Greece, Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. Zelenskyy flew to Greece Monday for talks with the country's leadership and to attend an informal meeting of Balkan leaders with top European Union officials. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy visits Athens to attend meeting of Balkan leaders with top EU officials

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Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves drives up the court during training camp for the United States men's basketball team Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

USA tops Greece, moves to 4-0 in World Cup tune-up games

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

Soccer fans, most of them from Croatia, cover their faces as the police escort them from the General Police Directorate of Attica to court, in Athens, Greece, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. A 29-year-old AEK Athens fan died from a stab wound, and ten others were injured when scores of Croatian supporters wielding wooden clubs and metal bats attacked bystanders outside AEK's Opap Arena on Monday. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Greek authorities order 105 soccer fans to be detained pending trial after fatal clash

By Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

A man cries after speaking with survivors of a deadly migrant boat sinking at a migrant camp in Malakasa north of Athens, on June 19, 2023. Nearly two months after a dilapidated fishing trawler crammed with people heading from Libya to Italy sank in the central Mediterranean, killing hundreds, relatives are still frantically searching for their loved ones among the missing and the dead.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)

With hundreds lost in the migrant shipwreck near Greece, identifying the dead is painfully slow

By Elena Becatoros and Abby Sewell - Associated Press

Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) dribbles the ball during the first half of Game 4 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Miami Heat in Miami, Monday, April 24, 2023. Antetokounmpo said Friday, Aug. 11 that he will not be able to play for Greece at the World Cup that starts in two weeks because of ongoing recovery from knee surgery. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

Giannis Antetokounmpo says he’s not physically ready to play in the World Cup

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

An aircraft drops water over a fire in Apesia, a semi-mountainous village near Limassol, southwestern Cyprus, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Greece on Monday dispatched two Canadair fire-fighting aircraft after a call for assistance from fellow European Union member Cyprus to help fight a blaze that has scorched miles of mountainous terrain. (AP Photo/Philippos Christou)

Multinational force fights stubborn wildfire in Cyprus, including Lebanon, Greece and Jordan

By Menelaos Hadjicostis - Associated Press