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Greece Declares Emergency After Flood Of Dead Fish

Greece has declared a state of emergency after devasting floods killed thousands of freshwater fish. The mass die-off of the fish has also been marked as the second environmental disaster in a year in the central port city of Volos.

Greece Dead Fish |Photo: AP/Kousioras

Workers collect dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations. 

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Dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos
Dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos |Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras

A bulldozer collects dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations.

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Greece Environment
Greece Environment |Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras

A bulldozer collects dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations. Greece Environment

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Environment Greece
Environment Greece | Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras

Tons of dead fish fill a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations.

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Greece Climate Crisis
Greece Climate Crisis | Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras
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Climate Crisis Greece
Climate Crisis Greece | Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras

A bulldozer collects dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations.

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Greece extreme climate fluctuations
Greece extreme climate fluctuations | Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras

Workers collect dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations.

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Extreme climate fluctuations Greece
Extreme climate fluctuations Greece | Photo: AP/Vaggelis Kousioras

Workers collect dead fish from a river near the port city of Volos, central Greece following a mass die-off linked to extreme climate fluctuations.