Strong rains and stormswhich will be accompanied by a high frequency of lightning and local hailstorms, are predicted in places until the morning hours today Sunday (08-12-2024) in Thrace, the islands of the eastern Aegean and possibly in the Dodecanese, the Cyclades and western Crete, according to the updated emergency Deteriorating Weather Bulletin of EMY.
Locally significant rains yesterday in Western Greece and the Dodecanese
The rains and local storms that occurred on Saturday 07/12 have given local significant rain levels mainly in parts of the western country and in the Dodecanese. The highest amount of rain up to 19:00 on Saturday 07/12 has been recorded at the meteorological station in Rhodes where 101 mm has been recorded.
The following map shows the cumulative precipitation heights on Saturday 07/12 until 19:00 as they were recorded by 511 weather stations of the network of automatic weather stations of meteo.gr/National Observatory of Athens and the 8 largest ones are highlighted.
Message from 112 yesterday at noon in the Ilias Circle
Message from 112 was sent at noon on Saturday to the Strefi area of Ilia in the midst of heavy rain rainfall that sweep the area.
The 112 message called on residents in the local community of the Ilia Zone to limit their movements. “If you are in the local community of Strefio Ilia, limit your movements due to heavy rain. Follow the authorities’ instructions.”
The National Highway is closed
According to ilialive.gr, the situation was borderline to threaten the houses in his settlement Kato Strefiou while there were large flooded areas. At the same time, the police yesterday afternoon interrupted traffic on the National Road.
According to information from ilialive.gr, landslides occurred in various places such as in Kryoneri of Ancient Olympia and in the mountainous area of Zaharos, specifically in Chrysochori.
Project machinery from the Region of Western Greece, the Regional Unit of Ilia and the municipalities intervene in every incident recorded in order to prevent the situation from worsening.
The weather today
Rain and local storms are expected in most of the country. The phenomena in the eastern continental regions will be local and temporary. The phenomena in the west and locally in the Eastern Aegean will in some places have a longer duration and intensity after the afternoon hours. Storms in the Ionian are likely to be accompanied by small hail. Transport of Saharan dust is expected mainly in the southeast.
OR temperature it will range in Western Macedonia from -3 to 10 degrees, in the rest of Northern Greece from -3 to 12, in Thessaly from -1 to 13-14, in Epirus from -1 to 15 degrees, in the rest of the continent from 2 to 17-18 , in the Ionian Islands from 7 to 16-17 degrees, in the North Aegean islands from 7 to 14 and in the rest of the island sections of the Aegean and in Crete from 11 to 20-21 degrees Celsius.
In the Aegean and the Ionian, there will generally be south-southwesterly winds winds with intensities up to 6-7 Beaufort and early in the morning in the Eastern Aegean locally up to 8 Beaufort.
In Attica partly cloudy with a chance of local rain after the afternoon hours. The winds will blow from the south in general directions with intensities up to 3-4 and locally in the east of the prefecture up to 5-6 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 10 to 16-17 degrees.
At Thessaloniki Initially, temporary clouds with rain are expected from the evening hours, while there is a possibility of local storms. The winds will blow from the southeast in general directions with intensities up to 3-4 and temporarily up to 5 Beaufort. The temperature will range from 5 to 12-13 degrees.
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