Tourists flee as Greek wildfire hits resort

Tourists and residents fled villages in the Halkidiki region of northern Greece by land and sea as a wildfire fanned by strong winds engulfed houses and trees near a resort during the heart of holiday season.

Heavy gusts also made firefighting difficult on Croatia’s popular Dalmatian coast, where a stretch of major highway was shut due to a blaze in the Lokva Rogoznica area south of the town of Omis, local media reported....