Heatwaves and lack of rainfall have led to receding water levels in the Mornos reservoir, which submerged Kallio in the 1970s
No place is more indicative of plummeting rainfall levels in Greece than the Mornos reservoir. And no settlement is more indicative of how serious this year’s drought has been than Kallio, a village submerged by the artificial lake in the late 1970s.
Nearly five decades after Kallio was deliberately flooded as part of the construction of a dam to ensure water supply for Athens, people living nearby have watched in disbelief as reserves have receded to the point that the village has reappeared.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/03/re-emergence-of-greece-sunken-village-kallio-shows-extent-of-rainfall-crisis-mornos-reservoir
Author : Helena Smith in Athens
Publish date : 2024-09-03 14:01:15
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