No missing persons, one tourist injured at the Navagio beach landslide in Zakynthos island
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A 34-year-old female tourist was injured by a landslide at the popular Zakynthos beach of Navagio on Thursday, but there are no persons missing, authorities said.
Earlier reports had said authorities were looking for possible victims of the landslide, when the turbulence from falling rocks overturned three boats off the beach.
The Port Authority said the beach has been evacuated and boats with tourists forbidden from approaching until further notice.
According to owners of private boats in the area, there were three boats with passengers in the area during the landslide. “We heard a sound and a small part of the rock fell, then a second one, and finally a third and large piece dropped in the sea, creating turbulence that overturned the boats,” a witness told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency.
Source: AMNA