{"id":9101,"date":"2020-09-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/?p=9101"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:37:49","slug":"emergency-response-for-the-flood-victims-in-evia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/news\/emergency-response-for-the-flood-victims-in-evia\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency response for the Flood Victims in Evia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"gb-element-12fb0d01\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-media-id=\"8234\" class=\"gb-media-daf16709\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evia-woman-dog.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evia-woman-dog.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evia-woman-dog-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/evia-woman-dog-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-6faa15bd\">\n<h2 class=\"gb-text gb-text-70ea53c3\">Emergency response for the Flood Victims in Evia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-67501cec\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-e478d17e\"><div style=\"color:#e76d6c;\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-2ba3ec8dd5a2e59e5b08fa0fd9969a93 wp-block-post-date has-text-color\"><time datetime=\"2020-09-18T00:00:00+03:00\">18\/9\/2020<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-11f7586c dn-diamond-item-alt\">Lorem lorem<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-b1f1f2a2\">\n<div class=\"gb-element-1be72f1d\">\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-76af1c55\">The extremely heavy and intense rainfall on August 8, flooded the southwest part of Evia around Chalkida on the banks of the rivers Lilantas and Messapios, leaving 7 dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-6c5d051a\">The villages that suffered the greatest damages were Vasilika, Kontodespoti, Lefkanti, Bourtzi, Stavro, and Psahna.The residents of the afflicted areas are dealing with multiple challenges as hundreds of houses are destroyed and households devastated. With the help of municipal agencies, local organizations, and volunteers the residents have been able to clean the houses still standing from the mud and debris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-e9543826\">We are in close communication with organizations and municipalities to understand and document the needs of the local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-2b730298\">So far, 84 families that have been able return back to their houses in Bourtzi and Politika, have lost valuable and important household appliances. In collaboration with the Cultural Association of St. Nicholas in Bourtzi, we hope that you will be able to help us provide to the most vulnerable:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-791ad35e\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>35 refrigerators<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32 washing machines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>29 stove &amp; household ovens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 tables with chairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 single bed with mattress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 range-hood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-292a3a8c\">A group of active citizens in collaboration with Desmos is currently running a crowdfund in support of the flood victims. <a href=\"https:\/\/gogetfunding.com\/flood-victims-in-evia-%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B7-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You may support our effort here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-456a79c4\">At the same time, we are activating our network of donors for in-kind donations to contribute in covering these immediate needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-73435510\">Thank you for your continuous trust in Desmos. We will keep you posted with updates on the situation in Evia and any additional needs that occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gb-text gb-text-7cc3f218\">Photo credit @huffingtonpost.gr<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emergency response for the Flood Victims in Evia Lorem lorem The extremely heavy and intense rainfall on August 8, flooded the southwest part of Evia around Chalkida on the banks of the rivers Lilantas and Messapios, leaving 7 dead. The villages that suffered the greatest damages were Vasilika, Kontodespoti, Lefkanti, Bourtzi, Stavro, and Psahna.The residents &#8230; <a title=\"Emergency response for the Flood Victims in Evia\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/news\/emergency-response-for-the-flood-victims-in-evia\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Emergency response for the Flood Victims in Evia\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emergency-response-recovery"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9101"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9935,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9101\/revisions\/9935"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desmos.digitalnest.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}