Heavy rainfall without problems in the Dodecanese

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A lot of rain, for several hours, fell on the islands of Rhodes, Symi, Chalkis, Karpathos and Kasos, causing little problems, mainly in terms of traffic on the roads.

Intense rainfall, fortunately without causing problemsoccurred yesterday Saturday and in the early hours today in the Dodecanese islands from the wave of bad weather.

A lot of rain, for several hours, fell on her islands Rhodes, Symi, Chalkis, Karpathos and Kasos, causing few problems, mainly in terms of traffic on the roads.

The amount of rain that fell on the islands was sufficient but did not cause much concern.

Since early yesterday afternoon, due to the expected bad weather, all the services of the South Aegean Region and the municipalities, as well as volunteer groups, were on alert.

At Rose a broad meeting was held under the mayor Antonis Kambourakis about the bad weather and the coordination of all the agencies of the island, while an urgent message via mobile phones was sent on Saturday afternoon by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection to the residents of Rhodes, Karpathos, Kasos, Kastelorizos and Halki, warning about possible dangerous weather phenomena in the next 24 hours in their area and calling on them to avoid unnecessary travel.

Mr. Kambourakis gave clear orders and directions to all the agencies involved, for coordination and immediate mobilization with the aim of effectively dealing with the needs that may arise.

Afterwards, a teleconference was held between the mayor, the village vice-mayors, as well as the presidents of the local communities, from whom Mr. Kambourakis asked to be on constant alert and to ensure that the necessary and foreseen measures are taken immediately.

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