The first passage of bad weather Daniel caused great damage to olive crops and other species in Ilia and specifically in the villages Louvre, Ypsilon and Vasilaki.

A little after four in the afternoon the rain was intense accompanied by very thick hail that covered everything and battered the olives.

Speaking to ilialive.gr the president of the Local Community of Vasilaki, Andreas Stamos, reported that several problems were caused, focusing mainly on the olive trees, where the olives now form a layer on the ground.

There were also falling trees, while there were also incidents of pumping water from flooded buildings in Vasilaki.

The president of GEOTEE Dyt spoke of an unprecedentedly intense phenomenon. of Greece and president of the Agriculturists of Ilia Tasos Tsakonas, as he noted the hailstorm was so dense that it had reduced visibility to absolute.

Regarding the trees, whether they are olives or other fruit trees, he noted that they were all severely damaged by the hail…

See images of the destruction caused by the bad weather in the area:

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