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Weather damages in Crete’s infrastructure may exceed €100mn (videos)

February 28, 2019 Video GRID, weather Comments Off on Weather damages in Crete’s infrastructure may exceed €100mn (videos)

The video shot by a drone shows the damages and the floods in Chania Prefecture caused by barometric low Okeanis that stroke the West past of Crete with powerful rainfalls. It is mostly the infrastructure on the island that suffered immense destruction due to landslides and soil erosion. The road …

Chania municipalities in “state of emergency” after rainfalls damage infrastructure

February 15, 2019 weather Comments Off on Chania municipalities in “state of emergency” after rainfalls damage infrastructure

Two days of heavy rainfalls and powerful winds have caused unprecedented damages in Chania Prefecture on the island of Crete. Roads collapsed, landslides brought rocks and mud on the road network, trees were uprooted, homes and businesses were flooded, and even fish landed at the shores. Many motorists were trapped …

Plea for Corfu: British Expat invites Tsipras to visit the “Jewel” island

August 16, 2018 Tourism 6

Garbage piles at road sides, potholes on main roads, broken traffic lights and pavements or no street lights at all are just some but very important problems on the island of Corfu, the Jewel of the Ionian Sea. Exhausted by the miserable infrastructure, the negligence and indifference by the local …

New section opened in Ionian Highway drastically reduces time for motorists

July 27, 2017 Tourism 3

The newly opened 27-km section of the Ionian highway between the Amphilochia junction and the Arta ring road drastically reduces the time motorists need to reach the city of Ioannina in Epirus, North-Western Greece. Athens – Ioannina in 3 hours and 30 minutes at an average speed of 120km/h Antirio …

Powerful earthquake 6.1R hits the island of Lefkada – Two dead, 8 injuries (picts, video)

November 17, 2015 Earthquake, Very Mix Comments Off on Powerful earthquake 6.1R hits the island of Lefkada – Two dead, 8 injuries (picts, video)

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude on Richter scale hit the island of Lefkada in the Ionian Sea, western Greece. The earthquake occurred at 9:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. The earthquake occurred in a depth of 5 km and the epicenter was 23 km in the West of the island, …

EP Schulz threatens Greeks with Armageddon – Can we sue him for “moral damage” & “breach of public office”?

July 4, 2015 Politics 17

“Without new money, salaries won’t be paid, the health system will stop functioning, the power network and public transport will break down and they won’t be able to import vital goods because nobody can pay” President of European Parliament Martin Schulz warned Greek voters one day before the crucial Referendum …

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