Unprecedented bad weather is developing in Thessaly. Karditsa, Trikala, Fthiotida and Larissa are being tested by the fury of nature with several villages being blocked while the national highway of Volos Larisa has been cut in half. Images of biblical destruction with swollen rivers sweeping away everything in their path.

The images between the are shocking Galini and Melisochori villages of Kileler municipality of Larisa:

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Photo – video source: The above images came to kataggelies@ and were taken by Galinipress.gr journalist Nikos Theocharopoulos

State of emergency in the PEs of Magnesia, Karditsa, Trikala and the municipalities of Larissa – Fthiotida is also tested

In a state of Civil Protection Emergency are preached in their entirety the Regional Units of Magnesia and Sporades, Karditsa, Trikala, as well as the Municipalities of Agia, Killeler, Farsala of the PE of Larissa.

The Regional Governor of Thessaly K. Agorastos, as emphasized in a relevant announcement, requested the General Secretary of Civil Protection V. Papageorgiou to declare all the above Regional Units and Municipalities in a state of Civil Protection Emergency in order to manage the consequences of the unprecedented for the country of extreme weather Daniel that is in full swing, causing biblical destruction to infrastructure, homes, businesses, crops.

Prohibition of vehicle traffic in Domoko – 112 message

A message via 112 was sent to the residents of Domokos Fthiotida informing them that by order of EL.AS the movement of vehicles is prohibited in the municipality of Domokos due to the development of dangerous weather phenomena. In particular, the message states: “By order of the Greek Police

the movement of vehicles is prohibited in the Municipality of Domokos Fthiotida due to the development of dangerous weather phenomena”.

Dead-Missing

The dead from the bad weather “Daniel” reached two which has been affecting many areas of the country since yesterday. As it became known from the Fire Department an 87-year-old woman was found deadwho had been missing since yesterday, Tuesday, from the area Paltsi of Magnesia. The elderly woman was found between a pile of wood, while 8 firefighters tried to pull her out.

Yesterday, a 51-year-old man was found dead in Agios Georgios Volos, when he was crushed by a wall that caved in due to the pressure due to the large amounts of water. The man was recovered unconscious and was taken by an ambulance of the E.K.A.B.

In addition, as it became known from the Fire Department, there is information about two more missing persons in the village of Paltsi Magnesia. According to the first information, they are two men aged 85 and 70 and investigations are underway to locate them.

In total, there are three missing people, as a 42-year-old man has been missing since yesterday, who was swept away by rapids in the stream of Agia Aikaterini Volos.

Fthiotida

The water level continues to rise in the villages of the Domokos plain of Fthiotida, while at the same time one after another the axes of the provincial network are closed as they cannot withstand the water pressure.

A little while ago, the rescue of four people from the settlement of Petrilia was completed by boats and loaders, who were judged to have to leave the settlement, while in the village of Sofiada, although its evacuation was ordered, more than 120 people remain inside the village, but in high places, that is, on the 1st floor of their houses and according to the deputy governor of Fthiotida Ilias Sanidas “they don’t want to leave their houses and they are safe. We have the machinery and buses at the ready and if it is judged that they want transportation, we will intervene immediately.”

According to the residents, the rainfall which continues with particular intensity is unprecedented for the region, the waters in the village in Sofiada and Petrilia in some places exceed two meters and in fact even heavy agricultural machinery is impossible to reach the houses .

At this time it is raining torrentially both in the area of ​​Domokos and in the area of ​​Karditsa and the wider area has become a lake whose water level is constantly rising.

As far as the damages are concerned, the residents of the area talk about biblical disasters in crops and infrastructure, since both the provincial network and the rural network have been sacrificed to the rush of the waters.

How will it move in the next few hours?

Severe storm Daniel will continue until noon tomorrow, according to the Emergency Severe Weather Bulletin, issued on 9/4 and updated based on the latest available forecast data.

More detail:

a) Today heavy rains and storms are predicted in Thessaly, the Sporades, central and eastern Sterea (mainly in the prefectures of Evrytania, Fthiotida and Boeotia) and Evia (mainly in the north). Towards the evening there will be a slight weakening of the phenomena, but from very early on Thursday morning the phenomena, mainly in the easternmost parts of Thessaly and the Sporades, will intensify again. From the afternoon hours of Thursday the phenomena will weaken.

b) Temporarily intense phenomena will occur today also in the eastern and southern Peloponnese, central Macedonia (mainly the prefectures of Pieria, Imathia and Halkidiki) and Attica (mainly the southern sea and coastal parts), as well as in western Crete, the western parts of the Cyclades and Epirus. In these areas the effects will gradually weaken late in the evening and mainly during the night.

112 messages were sent to the residents of Karditsa and Farsala informing them that traffic is prohibited in their areas due to the development of dangerous weather phenomena.