Weather: Heavy rain in northern Greece – Bad weather continues tomorrow – Newsbaum – News

A wave of bad weather swept across the region causing massive damage and destruction Northern Greece But many areas in other parts of the country.

At the center of the extreme events were Thessaloniki and Halkidiki where the “heavens opened” and streams overflowed and turned into rapids. Cars were swept awayRoads turned into rivers, while houses and shopping malls were found under water.

According to an ERT report, municipal workers managed to pump the water into the river The fire department received 520 calls. The problems mentioned therein are important Fierce And PolichnyThere the Xiropotamos stream overflowed.

to do Fragrant And this New State Rainwater turned roads into lakes. Gas stations and businesses were flooded.

In fact, according to ERT meteorologist Panagiotis Giannopoulos, Thessaloniki received an average of 30 millimeters of rain in June and today between 60 and 80 millimeters fell in a few hours. That means twice as much water in a few hours as in the whole of June.

Kastoria: Request to declare municipality under state of emergency

The weather events also affected Kastoria, with the city’s mayor, Yannis Koransidis, demanding that the municipality declare a state of emergency.

According to today’s related announcement by the Municipality of Kastoria, this request is due to the heavy rains of the past few days that have caused great destruction and damage throughout the municipality, where flood events have been created and there are also major impacts on agricultural crops at risk. It lost production this year. Among others, special mention is also made of the local community of Klesora, where the landslide occurred.

Along with his request, the mayor of Kastoria requested that all necessary measures be taken to protect the residents of the municipality and their property, as well as to restore the damages caused.

Marousakis warning: “Extreme caution in the next hours”

A later warning of severe weather events in several parts of the Greek region was made by OPEN’s meteorologist, Clearkos Maroussakis.

As the development of bad weather continues for the next few hours, Mr. Maroussakis advises caution in Attica, Evia, Sporades, Thessaly, Halkidiki, Peloponnese and Cyclades.

Specifically it says:

“At night but tomorrow more attention is paid to Atikopoiotia, Evia, Sporades, Thessaly, Halkidiki, the northeastern parts of the Peloponnese, but also the western and northern Cyclades.

Predictors prefer a large volume of water accompanied by strong electrical discharges. It is worth recalling August 2020, where Evia was hit by a strong and prolonged storm that has since died down. More focus and summer is ahead of us to enjoy the seas, beaches and in general the beauty of our country!

A lovely Saturday night everyone”

Sunday weather from EMY – Long live the bad weather

Temporarily the clouds increased Local rain and scattered storms mainly in the east.

Events will be active in the following locations:

a) Early in the morning in Central Macedonia (especially in the region of Halkidiki and Piria).

b) Mornings in Thessaly (including the Sporades),

c) Evia, eastern Styria (including Attica and Boeotia) and temporarily in the northeastern Peloponnese until the afternoon,

d) In the north and east Aegean and northern Cyclades islands intermittent until late afternoon.

Events may be particularly intense during the morning hours in the Sporades region, until the afternoon in Evia, Attica and Boeotia.

The wind North northwest winds 4 to 5 and seas inland 6 Beaufort.

The temperature It does not change significantly and reaches 26 to 28 degrees Celsius in some places.

Clouds with rain and scattered storms Attica. Impacts will remain strong at some places till afternoon. Gradual weakening from afternoon and improvement in evenings. Winds will be north-northwest 3 to 5 and will become light at 6 in Beaufort in the afternoon and afternoon. The temperature ranges from 18 to 26 degrees Celsius.

at Thessaloniki, Clouds with local rain and scattered storms in the morning gradually progress. Winds will be northwesterlies at 4 to 5 Beaufort, and temperatures will range from 18 to 26 degrees.

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