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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-01-08
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[01] Evros River water exceeds red alert level of 5.70 m.
[01] Evros River water exceeds red alert level of 5.70 m.
The Evros River water surpassed the danger level of 5.70 metres on
Sunday evening, reaching 5.80 metres, following the high volume of
water entering from Bulgaria.
The services of the Evros Prececture and of the Eastern
Macedonia-Thrace Region and of the nearby municipalities are on red
alert while since Sunday morning, the Coordinating Precectural Agency
started operating on a round-the-clock basis for the full
implementation of emergency measures.
Over the past 24 hours, The Evros Prefecture Civil Protection
Department has also intensified its measures and called on the
inhabitants of the danger zone not to approach the river and distance
from the area their animals and agricultural machinery.
Nearly 400 acres of cultivated expanse was flooded in the region of
Didymotiho. According to Evros Prefect Nikos Zompounidis, 11,000 acres
were floded in the whole of Evros prefecture.
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