Over 100 tons of dead fish washed up in and around the shore of the Greek port city of Volos due to a mass-die off event, The Associated Press (AP) reported Thursday, citing Greek authorities.
The fish originated from central Greece’s Lake Karla, which was drained early in the 1960s and restored in 2018 to alleviate drought, the AP reported.
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“There are millions of dead fish all the way from Lake Karla and 20 kilometers eastward,” deputy regional governor Anna Maria Papadimitriou said to state media, the AP reported. “Right now, there is a huge effort underway to clean up the millions of dead fish that have washed along the shorelines and riverbanks… an effort that involves multiple contractors.” (RELATED: ‘The River…
