Map below shows areas in Rhodes affected by raging wildfires: In Corfu, approximately 2,466 individuals were evacuated overnight, Yannis Artopios, a spokesperson for the fire department said.

Rhodes enjoys a Voice of America broadcasting ship just off the coast in one direction, and Radio Cyprus in the other, and listens permanently, like it or not, to the tongue of England.

Rhodes’ second-largest city is Lindos, perhaps the most beautiful on the island. Built more than 4,000 years ago, Lindos was constructed around the plateau-perched Acropolis, which still casts ...