“Genesis” with over 27,000 lightning bolts across the country – How the phenomenon will develop at night-Watch live the course

It caused many problems during its first passage the bad weather “Genesis” that swept a large part of our country.

In several areas the roads were turned into rivers and it is characteristic that the fire department received 112 calls from 7:30 in the morning until 18:00 in the afternoon.

In fact, earlier in the afternoon, Civil Protection sent a message 112 to the inhabitants of the regions of Eastern and Central Macedonia, Thrace and the islands of the North Aegean, in order to be careful and to avoid moving.

At the center of the bad weather is also Achaia with Ilia as at 8 pm a message was sent to the residents of these areas by the Civil Protection.

According to eumetsat, the following areas received the highest amounts of rain:

• Blonde: 96 mm
• Dispute: 92 mm
• Theodoriana Arta: 91mm
• Drama: 85mm
• Thassos: 73mm

It is impressive that over 27,000 were recorded lightning from the National Observatory of Athens

How will the phenomenon continue

As of tonight, as his meteorologist pointed out Christina Souzi the rains will be more and more intense during the night in Central and Eastern Macedonia in Thrace and the islands of North and East Aegean. In Western Greece the phenomena are weakening but will not stop.

A few rains are likely to occur as well in Attica at night, without the effects being intense.

Tomorrow at noon and in the afternoon most of the rains will occur on the mainland while at night the effects will gradually weaken.

Floods in areas of eastern Macedonia and Xanthi

Heavy flooding occurred in many areas of eastern Macedonia and Xanthi due to bad weather and prolonged rainfall that prevails from late this afternoon.

Roads and basements of houses have been flooded, both in the city of Drama and in coastal areas of the municipality of Paggaio, west of Kavala, near the area of ​​Strymonikos gulf. The torrents that formed in Drama swept away many cars, while problems were also created in the traffic of cars, mainly on rural roads and provincial highways.

Prolonged and intense rainfall in the coastal areas of the municipality of Paggaio and especially in the beach of Ofrini (Tuzla), Kariani and Orfani caused major problems. In many places the torrents that were used resulted in the immobilization of cars, while the roads were inaccessible.

The severe bad weather caused problems in Xanthi and mainly on the road that leads from the city to the mountainous settlement of Stavroupoli. The torrents that formed made it almost impossible for cars to move in many parts of the road network.

The Civil Protection, with repeated messages sent to the mobile phones throughout the afternoon, informed about the intense weather phenomena that will affect the area, recommending the special attention of the people in order to avoid unnecessary movements.

A tornado “hit” N. Sidirochori in Rodopi-Disasters in cemeteries

A very significant problem was caused by the sweeping of a tornado that “hit” N. Sidirochori in the Peripheral Unit of Rodopi, with the fall of dozens of trees and incalculable damage to crops, as the president of the Local Community, Demosthenes Man, told GRTimes.

“Many trees fell, both in the central square and inside the cemeteries, causing damage to the marble slabs of the tombs. “Because some of the trees fell on PPC cables and other poles that were removed due to the strong winds, the village did not have electricity for a long time,” Mr. Manitsas told GRTimes.

A hair salon in the center of Amfilochia was flooded

a hair salon in the center of Amfilochia was flooded during the heavy rains.

Watch a video from karvasaras.gr with the effort of the employees to clean the business from the muddy waters.

According to information, there are protests that the hairdresser flooded as the wells were blocked at the spot, but after a conversation that the owner allegedly had with an employee of the Civil Protection of the Municipality of Amfilochia, it seems that the wells were filled with water after the level rose of the Amvrakikos that overflowed in the port and therefore they could not absorb any more water.

Larissa: Roads turned into lakes in Nice, outside Larissa-Reports of flooded houses

Roads in Nice in the municipality of Killerer were turned into lakes on Friday morning, due to the heavy rainfall that prevails, but obviously also to the serious problems that present in the drainage system of the area.

According to onlarissa.gr, there are already reports of two flooded houses, in the area of ​​which men of the Fire Brigade have rushed to pump water, while as you will see in the photos below, the water reached the church of Agios Georgios and the City Hall. Killer.
Residents are under steam for fear of their property, while passing drivers must be very careful.

Floods also occurred in the area where the public market was held today, with the small sellers leaving aron – aron.

At the same time, in Dimitra Agias, the road turned into a rushing torrent, while we had similar phenomena in Halki of the municipality of Killerer.