Crete is affected, bad weather hits the Dodecanese

Stephanos Rabanis / Urokinisi

15.10.2022, 18:38 Updated: 15.10.2022, 19:55

Extreme weather events affect Kasos and Karpathos, the destruction in Crete is incalculable and One girl is still missing In Agia Pelagia. A 50-year-old man died.

Residents of Kasos and Karpathos have already received a message from 112 about weather events affecting their area as the bad weather moves eastward from 6 p.m.

Then followed the news about Rhodes, Halki and Castellorizzo.

Update from the fire department

Fire brigade spokesman Yiannis Artopioos, in his update on the bad weather, spoke of extreme weather events in Crete, which defied any weather forecast.

He said the service received more than 450 calls within an hour while confirming the death of a 50-year-old man who was pulled from his car on the beach of Agia Pelagia, while two women were rescued alive in Ligaria. .

Thirty people were taken to safety in Heraklion and Lasithi, he said, adding that no one else was missing except for a 50-year-old woman in the same vehicle. 14 divers have been mobilized to find the missing woman.

A representative of the fire department said that as the bad weather moves east, it is already raining in Karpathos and Kasos and citizens should be very careful. He stressed that the fire brigades on both islands, Rhodes and Kastellorizo, are ready to deal with any problems caused by bad weather.

Mr. As reported by Artobios, the phenomenon has shifted to eastern Crete and rain has already fallen in Karpathos and Kasos.

Firefighters in Rhodes, Karpathos, Kasos and Kasteloriso are on high alert for the final event of severe weather events.

Images of destruction

In Agia Pelagia and Lygaria, images of utter devastation were recorded, with cars swept away and roads turned into rivers.

Regional and municipal teams are on their feet to deal with the effects of heavy rains that have turned even the central parts of Heraklion into lakes.

Traffic chaos prevailed on dozens of streets in Heraklion, while the coastal boulevard was also temporarily closed.

Landslides and movement of vehicles were seen on the North Road.

Due to severe weather and heavy rains, problems on the road network were recorded in Sitia.

At many places in the city and region, large amounts of water and transported goods have accumulated, resulting in problems being recorded on the road network where vehicular traffic is conducted with difficulty.

According to reports, around 50 vehicles were washed away and floated in the basketball court in Sidhia Nagar.

meteo.gr: Heavy rain

According to the Meteorological Service of the National Observatory of Athens – meteo.gr, the stations of the network in eastern Crete, where many problems occurred, recorded Daily rainfall is 100 mmThat is 1/3 of the normal annual rainfall.

He points out that the Scythia station presented an operational problem after recording the first 120 millimeters of rain, while other weather stations have also been down due to problems during extreme events.