Bad weather Elias: A second night of agony for the inhabitants of Evia

A second night of torment for those living in the north Evia. Some villages such as Metohi, Mantoudi, Rovies and Krya Vrysi measure the injuries that followed. Bad weather Elias.

There was extensive damage to the road system, with many houses inundated. In Kriya Vrisi, a house is almost submerged by the waters of a fast-flowing stream, as shown in a related video.

In Befki, in Gouves, in Prokopi and in other villages, its forces Fire department They tried to free the residents with boats.

In Cowes, incessant rains from 3am to 11am on Thursday sent huge volumes of water, tons of stones and carry-ons, down the hill and flooding houses and main roads.

In Metohi village, with tractors and shovels, residents are trying to clear the mud. The Papis civcasA resident of the village spoke to “K” about the “dramatic situation” they were experiencing.

“Today things were worse than yesterday. About 10 houses have been flooded,” he says characteristically.

As he explains to us, a flood prevention project was started in Metohi, but it was not completed. Roads have been dug so that all transportable goods can reach the houses.

“Furniture, kitchens, everything has been destroyed. In some hotels in the village, the rubble reaches a meter,” he insists.

His house is damaged, but it is small compared to other houses in the village.

“Crops have been damaged, roads have been cut, warehouses have been washed away. We don’t have electricity, but because we’ve already been through everything, most of us have generators in our homes.”

Finally, Mr. “What is happening to us is more than what we experienced when the village was attacked 15 days ago,” notes Sivikas. Bad weather Daniel. The devastation is too great.”

Finally, the road network still presents problems in many places in the region, making it impossible to move from one village to another.