Lekkas
As deadly Greek rainstorm ebbs, a trail of devastation emerges
Receding floodwaters have revealed a trail of devastation in central Greece left by a rainstorm that raged for three days, killing at least six people and causing billions of euros worth of damage.
Hundreds of people remained trapped on Friday in their homes or on high ground in the central plain of Thessaly, which bore the brunt of Storm Daniel's relentless deluge.
Greece should brace for another scorcher of a summer, expert warns
Weather events and patterns in the Mediterranean indicate that the region, including Greece, will experience a summer as hot if not hotter than the last, which brought successive heatwaves and raised the climate change alarm.
Popular Zakynthos beach to remain closed this summer due to landslide risk
Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides.
Zakynthos Shipwreck: Βeach shut down again for safety reasons
The re-prohibition of access to the "Navagio" beach of Zakynthos was proposed by the Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection Organization (OASP), in the context of its reassessments regarding seismic activity and landslide phenomena.
Strong earthquake in Mytilini
A strong 4.8 Richter earthquake occurred in Mytilini on Tuesday morning.
According to the revised estimate of the Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake occurred 5 km east southeast of Mithymna Lesvos and had a focal depth of 12.4 km.
- Read more about Strong earthquake in Mytilini
- Log in to post comments
Expert calls for villages to be moved due to landslides
The state should consider moving certain mountain settlements to a different location instead of investing in expensive anti-erosion works, says Efthymis Lekkas, professor of dynamic tectonic applied geology at Athens University and head of the Organization of Earthquake Planning and Protection.
Authorities to unveil safety measures for Navagio beach following rockfall
Seven months after the landslide at the iconic Navagio (shipwreck) beach on the Ionian island of Zakynthos which left one tourist injured, a geology expert said Greek authorities are ready to install safety measures to protect visitors from potential danger.
Magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes near Trikala, landslides reported
A 5.0-magnitude tremor struck 31 kilometers southwest of the city of Trikala in central Greece on Friday morning, causing landslides on rural roads, according to state-run news agency ANA-MPA. There were no immediate reports of injuries.
The earthquake hit shortly after 10 a.m. at a depth of 1.8 kilometers, according to a preliminary reading of the Athens Institute of Geodynamics.
Acropolis Birthday | Athens | June 20
The Acropolis Museum celebrates its eighth birthday on Tuesday, June 20. With free admission from 8 p.m. onwards, the museum will screen a film about recent findings from the caves around the Acropolis, sites that were first inhabited in prehistoric times, and developed into important places of worship in antiquity.
- Read more about Acropolis Birthday | Athens | June 20
- Log in to post comments