<strike id="gegfc"><dl id="gegfc"></dl></strike>
<sub id="gegfc"></sub>

    <mark id="gegfc"></mark>

      25 still missing after Greece's deadly wildfire in coastal resort

      Source: Xinhua| 2018-07-30 02:11:25|Editor: zh
      Video PlayerClose

      ATHENS, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Twenty-five persons were still missing after the wildfire which swept through a seaside resort near Athens on Monday, costing 88 lives, Greece's Fire Brigade announced on Sunday.

      "Search continues for 25 individuals who have been reported missing by their families," Fire Brigade spokeswoman Stavroula Malliri said in a televised statement.

      It was the first time since Monday that Greek authorities gave a number for people missing.

      "So far 59 victims have been identified, while the identification process of the rest continued," she added.

      Four people had succumbed at local hospitals, she noted.

      The funerals of the first identified victims were held this weekend, as the discussion on the causes of the deadliest tragedy in the country in over a decade continued.

      Arson, negligence, extremely strong winds blowing in the area, late response by authorities, lack of an emergency evacuation plan and a chaotic urban planning were the main factors highlighted in the stormy debate.

      "Greece is not the only country unable to deal with extreme weather events and the image of Greece as a disorganized country where an extreme phenomenon will inevitably lead to massive damage and deaths is unfair," Thessaly Technological Education Institute of Thessaly region Deputy Rector Professor Michalis Vrachnakis said in an interview with Greek national news agency AMNA released on Sunday.

      "Recently in an organized country such as Japan we had more than 80 dead due to heat strokes, as a result of an extended heat wave... Climate change and extreme weather are here to stay and systems dealing with such need to be revised," the expert said, suggesting a new "response culture".

      Especially when urban spaces extended into dry, flammable zones of pine and evergreen vegetation, as seen in eastern Attica, the local population had to be trained on how to behave and respond before, during and after a fire, Vrachnakis stressed.

      TOP STORIES
      EDITOR’S CHOICE
      MOST VIEWED
      EXPLORE XINHUANET
      010020070750000000000000011100001373560221
      中文字幕日韩无线码在线一区_制服肉丝亚洲中文字幕_日韩欧美无砖专区一中文字目_国产精品点击进入在线影院高清
      <strike id="gegfc"><dl id="gegfc"></dl></strike>
      <sub id="gegfc"></sub>
      
      
        <mark id="gegfc"></mark>
          中文字幕日本乱码仑区在线 | 欧美亚洲日韩不卡在线在线观看 | 亚洲有码一区91 | 在线综合亚洲欧美青青 | 在线不卡日本v一区v二区 | 网站不卡在线观看资源精品 |