Bad weather Daniel brought heavy rains and storms, as well as a high frequency of lightning and strong winds to the prefecture of Ilias. The severe weather began early Monday afternoon, causing several problems, mainly in mountainous and semi-mountainous areas.

In the White Houses, a fire occurred due to a lightning strike. Under similar conditions, fires broke out in Kryoneri of Ancient Olympia, in Kleindias, as well as in two places in Goumero. In fact, in the same village, there was another incident due to the bad weather, which involved the inflow of water into a pond. The breeder who was trapped inside the space, call 112 and ask for help. Finally, smaller scale problems were reported in Nemouta and Kaiafas, with trees falling on main roads, as well as in Neochori Kyllini, where a PPC pillar fell due to the strong winds. All incidents were dealt with immediately by the prefecture’s fire brigade.

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The heaviest price since the onset of bad weather was “paid” by the municipality of Archaia Olympia and especially the villages Basilaki, Louvre, Ypsilon and the wider area where yesterday’s intense hailstorm which, as the residents and also the president of the Vasilaki Municipality, Andreas Stamos, pointed out in the “ef. Patris” dit lasted about an hour and a half, it swept everything in its path with the result that the destruction mainly in the olive trees but also in other species was total, leading the producers to despair.

Characteristically, the rain started shortly after 4 pm. and lasted for several hours while the hail, “stabbed” the olives causing them to fall and create a layer on the ground.

The mayor of Ancient Olympia Giorgos Georgiopoulos was at the scene accompanied by the vice-mayors F. Kostaria and N. Anastasopoulos in order to be close to the affected and to be informed about the situation.

In fact, Mr. Georgiopoulos immediately contacted the supervisor of ELGA in Patras, who assured him that by tomorrow at the latest both he and theThe appraisers will go to the area, in order to ascertain the damage and initiate compensation procedures for the affected olive producers.