In the area of the city of Vólos, an attempt is made to collect the fish before the mass of rotting fish spreads further.
Hundreds of thousands of dead fish have drifted several kilometers to the port city of Vólos on the east coast of Greece.
Officials and local residents are rushing to remove the fish before the rotting fish mess gets worse. About 40 tons of fish have been removed from the place within a day.
According to experts, the death of the fish is the result of last year’s record floods in northern Greece. The flooding of rivers and lakes made the fish move and after they got into the sea, they died, experts say.
They see the accident as yet another example of the consequences of extreme weather phenomena, such as heat and heavy rains, increased by climate change.
The Vólos authorities criticize the Greek government for not preventing the flow of fish into the sea by installing a protective net in the river. Local prosecutors have launched an investigation.
Vólos is located in the middle of the eastern Greek coast in the Thessaly region, about 330 kilometers north of Athens. About 145,000 people live in Vólos.
Source: Reuters