OR bad weather sweeps Crete today April 1st with 112 to warn residents of severe weather. At the same time, there are big problems that have been created by the torrential rain that broke out in Chania in the morning.
“Warning message about severe weather events from local and occasionally strong on the island of Crete, from now until the morning of 02-04-2025”. In fact, it is noted that attention is needed to move and follow the instructions of the Authorities.
Pictures of Chaos in Mykonos and Paros from bad weather
OR severe bad weather where hit the Cyclades islands Monday afternoon, They created serious problems in Paros, Mykonos and Chios. The unstoppable heavy rainfall, hailstorm and strong south have caused a chaotic situation.
In fact, late Monday night they were sent To the islanders’ messages from 112 warning of intense weather events, in place strongly, to the morning
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at hours of April 1.
The images of the islands that came to light are heartbreaking. Specifically the images from Paros and Mykonos cause terror as inhabitants saw their possessions become a bad weather, They fought the whole afternoon with the water, as the rain intensity resulted in the creation of rushing torrents that They dragged vehicles and caused extensive material damage.
Today and at the end of the severe weather, the picture of the damage in Paros was revealed. The roads are full of rubble and stones, the houses and businesses are muddy and the cars that have been drifting are immobilized.
It should be noted that today schools in Paros and Mykonos will be closed after the decision of the mayors.
Mayor of Paros for the disasters on the island
For the big problems that were noted by the bad weather in Paros The mayor of the island spoke to ERT Constantine Bizas.
“Although there were trapped, no one was in danger immediately. The most serious situations were recorded on the central road axes of Parikia-Naoussa and Parikia-Lefkas, where loads of materials, stones and rocks dragged vehicles. ” He also referred to the pictures with the flooded roads and vehicles drifting up to the sea. “Unfortunately, some did not comply and the results were what we saw,” he said of the 15 vehicles parked on a torrent that acts as a parking lot in the summer.
“It is a torrent that acts, however, as a Naoussa road. Tons of water went to the sea, to the bridge and dragged cars that were wrongly parked, because civil protection had already been alerted by noon on Sunday, ”he said.
At the end of the bad weather, local authorities focus on repairing damage. For this reason, it was decided to prevent the operation of the Primary and Secondary Schools, as well as the local transport (KTEL) schools, in order to check and clean the road network.
‘Had years of raining so much’
Katerina Barbarigou, Naoussa Paros Community President, spoke to Mega about the difficult situation with which residents faced Monday, March 31st. As he said, it was not raining last night, allowing the water that had caused floods to be pulled. “There are plenty of damage on the roads, on the road network, on many walls and paddocks, cars that were destroyed. I have no mention of disasters in homes, “he said.
Paros: “We flooded within an hour”
Paros businessman spoke to Happy Day in the morning, citing what the residents lived due to the overflow of the river.
“We did not expect such a development, although there was information. Yesterday was excessive. It threw such a rain with so much force within 2 hours. Within 1 hour we had been flooded. The river is currently clogged, cars are crossing the opposite side of the river, “he said.
Disasters from bad weather and in Mykonos
The torrential rains have caused large floods and extensive damage to the Cyclades islands, and the situation remains difficult and is expected to continue by Wednesday (2/4).
In a similar situation, the Mykonos. The well -known alleys of the island sank in the water With entrepreneurs fighting to get the water out of their shops.
According to mykonoslive.tv Within two hours, dozens of lightning fell with the inhabitants unable to believe in their eyes.
In the country there was a strong hailstorm while the hail followed heavy rainfall, resulting in They flood houses in the alleys and create torrents that dragged cars.
“I had never seen the country flood in Mykonos”
He spoke about the bad weather in Mykonos on Tuesday morning on the show “Happy Day” and Mykonian journalist Petros Nazos.
“I have lived on the island for 20 years, they had never seen the country of Mykonos flooded and all the houses in the country. It was a biblical disaster, they have Many hotel paddocks have fallen, many houses have been flooded, crashes on the streets. For 2 hours it was raining with hail, “the journalist said.
As for the current situation on the island, the journalist said it was a little better though the authorities were forced to break walls to leave the water.