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Zakynthos: A tornado caused great damage in the village of Kalamaki (vid + pics)

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The skies opened in Zakynthos where shortly before 5 am on Friday a heavy rain broke out which lasted until 10 am creating problems in transportation mainly but also on ground and underground in the city.

A landslide has occurred in the area of ​​Kryoneri at the Aqueduct, due to the heavy rainfall. In many parts of the island the roads have been turned into rivers and the boundaries with the ditches are indistinguishable.

Shortly after 10.15 a section of the civil protection goes to the area of ​​Argassi where the biggest problems so far are presented by the strong storm that hit the island of Zakynthos for about 5 hours.

Significant landslides have occurred on the road to Vasiliko, with the result that the road is currently closed.

The intervention of regional and municipal crews was immediate, where they try to remove soil and rocks that have fallen on the road with machines.

The Traffic Police has ruled out the dangerous points.

The intense bad weather resulted in flooding of roads, houses, while the strong tornado lifted the roof of the 2nd and 3rd High School

Due to the fury of the winds, solar water heaters were torn down and landed tens of meters away, pergolas were completely dismantled and there is serious damage from the volume of water that fell.

Information from imerazante.gr / zantetimes.gr / ermisnews.gr

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