The swarm of earthquakes shaking Santorini prompts Greece to declare an emergency
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The swarm of earthquakes shaking Santorini prompts Greece to declare an emergency

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ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week. “Fire departments, police, coast guard, armed forces, and emergency medical services have immediately reinforced Santorini and surrounding islands with additional personnel and specialized equipment,” he told reporters. On Santorini, municipal crews cordoned off some areas on the island’s renowned cliff top towns that were considered vulnerable to potential rock slides. The island’s Orthodox church has urged residents to assist each other during a time of “great anxiety.” “Island life, intensely communal, has taught us to be close to one another – in the happy, the sad and the difficult times,” the Metropolitan Bishop Amphilochios of Thira, Amorgos and Isles, said in an online message.

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