After biblical flood, Thessaly is still unprotected

"If we ever experience something similar, God help us. We are completely defenseless," a local government official in the municipality of Palamas in Karditsa, a regional unit in central Greece, tells Kathimerini when asked about the necessary anti-flood works in the area. "Up until now, nothing has started," he adds.

At the one-year anniversary of Storm Daniel, which submerged entire villages, destroyed swaths of crops and left 15 dead, little has been done in terms of flood protection. The residents of the villages in Karditsa, which were flooded last year, see the flimsy repairs made in those parts of the embankments that were destroyed by the water and fear the worst. After a series of time-consuming procedures for approvals and assignments, anti-flood works worth 42 million euros only began to be implemented just over a month ago. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis...