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Communities in Greece struggle to recover from devastating September floods
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08/01/2024
In September, the Greek region of Thessaly suffered a severe storm resulting in extreme flooding, which took the lives of seventeen people.
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In early September, a severe storm wave named Daniel hit Thessaly in central Greece, claiming
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the lives of 17 people.
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In Vlohos, most residents left their homes due to the significant damages, but Yiannis
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Koukas is not one of them.
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Almost every day he cleans, tidies up and hopes that in a few months he will be able
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to return with his wife and children.
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"We try to make the most of the weather, to clean our homes, our warehouses, whatever
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we have, so that things can dry a little bit, so that at some point, after the summer, those
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who can, can go back to their homes."
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Unfortunately for the children of Vlohos, their primary school has suffered irreparable
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damage.
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But beyond houses, the September floods caused serious problems to the region's economy,
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mostly to farmers and breeders.
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Thousands of acres were flooded and hundreds of animals drowned.
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Vasilis and Dimitra are livestock breeders who still haven't managed to recover from
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September.
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"There are no animals left, we lost 80 animals.
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The farms that we had stored, they were all destroyed.
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I'm not talking about the ones that were at home, the farms are not producing anything
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and we are saying 'go' and we are managing to fight it."
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The flood victims have many complaints for their government, which they believe has not
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done enough.
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But one association says they are grateful to the thousands of citizens from Greece and
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abroad who rushed to help them.
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"We thank the volunteers who touched us with their interest.
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They sent us a thousand things, which we are distributing to families.
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And they come and take, and everyone gets the same."
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Some years ago, the residents of the area may not have known exactly what a climate change
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or a climate crisis means.
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Now, having experienced pain and loss, they ask the state for substantial support to
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revive their land.
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They are even asking for anti-flooding projects so that in the next great disaster they won't
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be left with dead and lost property.
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From Vlachos Karditsas for Euronews, Apostolos Thaikos.
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