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Authorities on Monday are scrambling to assess whether is it possible to repair damage to the Mavrokolymbos reservoir in Paphos, after the detection of a huge water leak, which the distrcit administration head described as “catastrophic.”
An estimated twenty thousand tonnes of water are being lost hourly from the dam, officials reported.
“There is not much that can be done, all the dam water will be lost,” Akamas Mayor Marinos