'No rain for two years': Northern Greece faces significant water crisis as drought persists
Prolonged drought conditions exacerbated by successive heatwaves this summer have seen northern Greece facing a major water crisis.
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00:00Northern Greece is facing a significant water crisis, owing to prolonged drought conditions
00:06exacerbated by successive heatwaves and a lack of rainfall.
00:11Until recently, Lake Pikralimni in northern Greece was a popular destination for mud baths,
00:17but this summer it's just cracked earth.
00:19It's been two years now, and it hasn't rained at all. That's why the lake has dried up completely.
00:26The shoreline of Lake Doirani, which straddles Greece's northern border with North Macedonia,
00:37has receded by 300 metres in recent years.
00:41In Halkidiki, the olive grove of Demetrius Papadakis is also suffering from drought.
00:47Six weeks before harvest, he and his son have to transport water by truck.
00:52And in Nea Potadia town in Halkidiki, a very popular tourist area, locals use all sorts
00:58of ways to cope with frequent household water cuts.
01:23The EU's emergency management service says acute drought conditions extend from the Black
01:29Sea westward into northern Greece.