The neighbors are still alarmed while investigating the cracks in a Crete area
Inexplicable noisms at night, cracks on walls, courtyards and sidewalks. A few days ago, the inhabitants of the city of Voums, in HeraklionCrete (Greece), saw the Harm In their homes and still ask themselves what caused them. “Euronews” was in the city, which is still worried.
“When you hear a noiseYou don’t know what it will be. On April 22 we saw how the walls burst. “I then heard I creak every night Until I left and left with my children, three or four nights, “said Mrs. Eleni, showing the” Euronews “camera the damage caused at home.
What happened in the last few days It was terrifying For the inhabitants of the city. “You sat down at night and you heard the noise, a little” crack, crack “and the walls have opened, the wardrobes have fallen,” says Kostas Androulakis, who adds: “He was afraid, to be sitting there and, from nothing, the walls open, without any cause.”
The exact causes have not been determined Of the cracks. However, The phenomenon has stabilizedAccording to a team of experts from the Hellenic organization of seismic engineering that led an investigation into the city.
Las crackIn addition to residential buildingswere also detected in a street. “A crack appeared on the road. He passed near the church and went down,” describes the resident Manolis Papakis, who trusted the opinion of the scientists. “We are waiting to see What experts do and how the phenomenon evolves“He says he didn’t leave the city because his wife is sick and it is difficult to move.
“Our concern has not disappeared“Says another neighbor, Vangelis Kouroukis, who adds:” We are equal to ten days ago. Until the experts tell us why the phenomenon is due and how to deal with it, we have exactly the same concern. Nothing has changed. “
Studies continue on the causes and the development of the phenomenon and have been taken temporal measures To ensure that it does not extend. According to a report by the Greek experts, in the hands of the municipal authorities, the phenomenon in the city of Voules comes local character. This means that it affects only a specific area within the people themselves. No problems have been recorded in the nearby areas where there are hotels or tourist destinations.
