Residents of the village of Platanias in Pelion say they have completely abandoned their homes after Cyclone Daniel hit the area. A typical example is a bus supporting a three-story house 21 days after a hurricane.
Destroyed houses and washed out roads in Platanias Pelion confirm the fury of the rainfall that hit the area in early September. But the chaos culminates in a village located closer to the river mouth. There is still a three-story house there that is supported only “by word of honor” – propped up by the side of a bus that “successfully sailed” and got stuck here…
“If the bus moves, the house will collapse,” a villager tells journalists from thesstoday.gr. Residents of Platanias are not worried about the new storm, because “everything that could have been destroyed has already been destroyed.”
The concern is the possibility of the building collapsing. At any moment it can collapse, and then the flow of the river will be blocked. “It doesn’t necessarily take rain to flood us again. Regular rain is enough. One drop is enough! This is what we are afraid of,” notes another resident.
The scenes of Cyclone Daniel being “bombed” are horrifying. Fragments of housing and roads were washed away into the sea.
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