Earthquake in Crete – Tents are set up for 2,500 people who were left homeless – The area is in a state of emergency

The Minister of Climate Crisis & Civil Protection, Christos Stylianidis, who is in area, said that together with the mayor and the governor and the whole team of local authorities, they decided to set up tents that will be able to accommodate 2,500 people, in order to serve all the families and all the people who should not enter the their homes tonight.

He also announced that the area has been declared a state of emergency, while he added that the injured so far are 12, it seems that they do not have craniocerebral injuries, however there will be continuous information about their state of health.

"Let's assess buildings"

"We immediately came to the area that suffered the earthquake. We are watching it. You also lived through it here, that we had two earthquakes while we are here and we were trying to coordinate all the services of the local authorities. It seems that a tour should be done in the surrounding area, because in villages around Arkalochori the problems are more, because the houses were older, they had not been included in the seismic code", said Mr. Stylianidis, while adding that he would go to the old Arkalochori to see and evaluate the buildings there together with the service of the Ministry of Infrastructure.

"We are monitoring the seismic sequence with our scientists, there is a continuous monitoring by the Seismic Risk Group and it informs us about this phenomenon that is in progress. I do not want to replace any scientist, it is not my job, that is why we brought Mr. Lekkas with us. The effort is to serve the people who will be away from home. We will offer shelter and food so that no one is in a difficult position ", stressed Mr. Stylianidis while underlining:" Above all, human lives ".

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