(ANSA-AP) - ATHENS, AUGUST 27 - Greek authorities have
declared a state of emergency on the resort island of Hydra
after a power failure blacked out the island and disrupted its
the water supply.
The blackout occurred early Sunday, leaving the island's
state-run health clinic running on an emergency generator along
with a handful of businesses.
The state of emergency was declared Monday and a navy ship
provided support for the water system. Greece's public grid
operator said two more emergency generators were being shipped
to the island.
The operator said the cause of the blackout remained unclear.
A short ferry ride from the mainland, the cosmopolitan Hydra was
once home to late Canadian singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and
was the setting of the 1957 romantic movie "Boy on a Dolphin"
starring Sophia Loren. (ANSA).
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