Cyclone Daniel: 200 thousand people without electricity. Bridges and roads destroyed. 3 dead, 4 missing

Cyclone Cyclone Daniel moved to the south, hitting Evia, Larissa and fully reached the capital region of Attica today. Roads were blocked, more than 200 thousand people were left without electricity and water. Over the past day in Greece fell the annual level of precipitation.

The volume of rainwater that fell on Pelion was the largest ever to fall in a single day in Greece. Hurricane Daniel swept across Greece is stunning.

The second day of bad weather “Daniel” covers Greece: unprecedented rains cause floods and unprecedented destruction, three people have already died and four are missing *.

The volume of rainwater that fell on Pelion was the largest ever to fall in a single day in Greece. Hurricane Daniel swept across Greece is stunning.

In the village of Paltsi, a 70-year-old man went missing, and in the Agia Ekaterini Volos stream, a 42-year-old man, who was carried away by swift waters. Authorities report that torrents of water carried away a trailer with tourists from Austria.

Newlyweds Philipp and Mikaela from Austrian Graz missing since six o’clock yesterday evening. The trailer, in which they decided to spend their honeymoon, was carried away by a turbulent stream of water. How tells gegonota.news, this is not the first time they have come to rest in Greece, in Pelion. For the wedding and honeymoon, we decided to revisit our favorite places.

Volos, Pelion and Sporades were “flooded” yesterday, Tuesday, as was Larisa, which is still suffering from bad weather today.

⚠️ Ενεργοποίηση 1️⃣1️⃣2️⃣

🆘 Σε εξέλιξη ισχυρές βροχές και καταιγίδες στην περιοχή της #Αττικής

‼️ Περιορίστε τις μετακινήσεις κατά τη διάρκεια των φαινομένων στις απολύτως απαραίτητες & ακολουθείτε τις οδηγίες των Αρχών

ℹ️ https://t.co/mbLpAekqgN@pyrosvestiki
@hellenicpolice

— 112 Greece (@112Greece) September 6, 2023

“Rain” of messages on number 112 either about the removal of citizens or about the restriction of movement, as well as thousands of calls to the fire department.

At noon on Wednesday, bad weather “hit” Karditsa, Phthiotis, the Peloponnese, Evia and Attica.

Serious problems in Athens and Piraeus

A video posted on the social network Facebook shows how the flow of water from the side of Evangelismos carries people to Vassilisis Sofias Street, and fellow citizens try to help them.

https://youtube.com/shorts/NdxPmp1zSIM
Streams of water on Gripari street in Kallithea

The Illisos River overflowed its banks.

Streams of water on Omonia

https://twitter.com/dimkeramidas/status/1699429914653475316

Ποτάμι η οδός Ηφαίστου στο #Μοναστηράκι στο κέντρο της Αθήνας.

Δεκάδες καταστήματα πλημμυρισμένα.

Χρόνια τώρα τα φρεάτια είναι βουλωμένα από τα σκουπίδια και κάδοι απορριμμάτων δεν υπάρχουν πουθενά στον δρόμο.#κακοκαιρια pic.twitter.com/TklTDT64WC

— Raz Ertsenian (@razertsenian) September 6, 2023

* In fact, the authorities have lost control of the situation and the number of injured, missing or dead is still unknown.

In Zagora Pelion from midnight Monday to Tuesday until 20.45 754 millimeters of rain i.e. 754 tons of water per acre! This is an absolute record for daily precipitation, with most of the volume falling over a period of several hours. It is worth noting that the rain began on Monday 4 September.

So far, the “record” of daily precipitation, according to the National Observatory of Athens, has been set in Makrinitsa, also in Pelion – 417 millimeters since December 10, 2009. This amount of precipitation was significantly exceeded, more…

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