Over the weekend, fires in Rhodes, Greece, spread violently to the south of the island.
Why did this happen during Saturday and what role did the weather play?
First, very dry conditions where there has been no precipitation in weeks.
Secondly, while during the past week the wind remained with light breezes localizing the fire around the mountain slopes, during the day on Saturday strong gusts of wind of constant direction spaced the flames towards the south of the island 