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Thessalypine in central Greece was hit by torrential rains and floods at the beginning of the month. Now, the floodwaters have not fully receded, a new round of rains has ushered in, and reconstruction efforts are slow.
On 26 September, rain again began in several areas of the Greek plain of Thessaly, and rain is expected to continue over the next two days. Some towns have yet to recover from the torrential rains at the beginning of the month, and the new rains have further exacerbated the local disaster, with houses and farmland flooded and continued to damage, roads muddy, and sofas, mattresses, wardrobes and other furniture that had been badly damaged in the floods piled up on both sides. As many of the affected people have not yet returned to their homes, reconstruction efforts have not yet taken place on a large scale.
Anastasia, a 60-year-old victim, said her family's farmland was flooded and hundreds of chickens drowned. She was deeply worried about the heavy economic losses and the lack of hope for the recovery of her home.
Bofia, a victim in the Sessaly region of Greece: We were waiting for rescuers to help us clean up the disaster area, and if the new round of rains continued, everything in the village would be flooded again, and at that time, we had to send out bulldozers.
Greek government officials said on the 26th that according to preliminary estimates, natural disasters such as forest fires and floods in the summer and autumn of this year have brought economic losses to the country of more than 2 billion euros (about 15.4 billion yuan). In the coming weeks and months, the government will raise about 686 million euros (5.3 billion yuan) to rebuild bridges, roads and rail networks.
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Editor: Pan Xu