Cyprus on fire alert: The 5 biggest wildfires in the island’s history

Cyprus’s warm weather and natural scenery are two of its biggest selling points. But for an island in the Mediterranean, those exact features come at a heavy cost. When midsummer heat hits, the island’s dry pine forests and open fields become incredibly vulnerable to fast-moving fires.

The ongoing danger was highlighted again today, with the Forestry Department putting the island on high warning. Officials announced that today, Wednesday, July 22, the risk of forest fires starting and...