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Storm strikes Rhodes: Floods, power outages, one woman dead (videos)

Roads in the city of Rhodes and in villages turned into rivers when storm “Geryon” hit the island in the south Dodecanese early Monday evening. One woman with disabilities was found dead in her flooded home in Ialyssos. Local authorities urge citizens to not move around. The 75-year-old woman died in …

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Rain and river sweep away the makeshift road by Keritis Bridge (video)

It needed a powerful rainfall and the makeshift road locals built on their own initiative disappeared in time much shorter than the illegal constructors needed to build it. Residents of Alikianos constructed the illegal road over night, fed up with the bureaucratic delays. The heavy rainfall that started on Thursday …

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Powerful winds sweep away lorries in West Greece (video,pictrs)

Powerful winds blowing with intensity of 9 Beaufort have swept away trucks from the roads in Western Greece on Thursday. In the first incident, strong winds lifted the empty flatbed of the truck and “pinned’ it on a signboard of the Rio-Antirio bridge in south-west Greece. Traffic on the lane …

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The emblematic Keritis Bridge suffered irreparable damage (video)

The images break one’s heart. For 111 years the bridge of Keritis was standing over Alkianos    River. The emblematic construction surrendered to the force of nature and the human negligence and suffered irreparable damage. It broke down into pieces on February 25, 2019  when a disastrous weather front struck the …

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Soil erosion threatens villages on Crete, Army installs portable bridges

Following days of powerful rainfalls, soil erosion threatens villages in Platanias Municipality, Crete. With portable, prefabricated bridges the Greek Army tries to re-connect villages with the outside world, after several main bridges collapsed. The video shows the moment when the historical Keritis bridge over Alikianos River collapses as its foundation …

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Kavala: Part of central bridge collapses in Northern Greece (pictures)

A part of the central bridge in the city of Kavala, Northern Greece, collapsed short after 4 o’ clock on Friday afternoon. Motorists moving on Nuremberg Avenue in front of the old hospital were shocked when they felt that the ground under their wheels was collapsing. At the point of …

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Athens: Poet Consults in …Bridge Construction?

At first I couldn’t believe my eyes. Then the news “What does a poet and a bridge have in common?” published on Greek internet.  A blog revealed that a poet has been hired as consultant for the construction of a pedestrians/school children bridge over one of the main roads of Athens, Kifisias street. There is a …

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