Drive to house quake victims, assess damage on Lesvos

As aftershocks continued to shake Lesvos Tuesday, a day after a 6.1-magnitude quake shook the eastern Aegean island, leaving one woman dead and several people injured, authorities declared a state of emergency and scrambled to accommodate homeless residents and assess the extent of the damage.

Efforts were under way to move hundreds of displaced islanders from a makeshift camp set up on Monday night on a soccer ground to local hotels and other accommodation. Most of those left homeless were from the village of Vrisa, which was hit particularly hard by the quake.

Infrastructure Minister Christos Spirtzis said those left homeless would be given financial support and that a team of architects would be brought in to discuss plans to rebuild the traditional houses that collapsed during the quake.

A team of 100 civil engineers started inspections on buildings...