The battle of the rescue crews continues to free the people trapped under tons of mud and water in the villages of Thessaly from the unprecedented bad weather Daniel that has turned everything into a big river while six people have lost their lives. The anxiety is great at this time and for Pinios and the possibility of the river overflowing. According to the mayor of Larissa, the height of its water level has exceeded all previous ones and has reached 9.5 meters. As a result, they break the embankment in Dasochori. Also, in the evening, in an attempt to drain the water and decongest Pinios, the dykes from Gyrtoni to Falani, which are in the middle of the Gyrtoni dam, were broken.

A 112 message was sent at dawn to the residents of the Farkadona, Klokoto, Georganades and Petroporos regions of Thessaly in order to move away from them due to possible flooding.

According to the mayor of Larissa, the height of its water level has exceeded all previous ones and has reached 9.5 meters. As a result, they break the embankment in Dasochori.

Speaking to SKAI on Friday morning, the Regional Governor of Thessaly, Kostas Agorastos, said that the situation in Thessaly after the passing of bad weather Daniel is very difficult and noted that the burden will be given to Karditsa today with rescue operations from the air and by ladders army’s.

He pointed out that 8 villages in Karditsa need help and rescue crews with boats, Hummers, heavy machinery and helicopters will attempt today. “Some of the villages are not accessible,” said Mr. Agorastos.

“They are people who have remained in the villages and are currently on the highest points of their houses waiting to be picked up by rescuers,” he added.

Regarding the situation in Pinios, Mr. Agorastos underlined that it has covered all the flooded areas but since last night it has been stabilized. Finally, he emphasized that the number of missing persons is unknown.

Residents in the district of Agios Thomas in Larissa are also on their feet, seeing that the storm drainage network cannot respond due to the high level of the Pinios

Overnight rescues

Fire brigade, army and volunteers race against time to locate missing people by going from house to house in boats. At the same time, the flights of the helicopters for aerial rescues began with the first light of day.

At night, men of the 7th MAK freed elderly people in Palamas Karditsa. However, many remain stranded spending the night in hills and mountains.

At the same time, according to the latest update from the Minister of Climate Change and Civil Protection, the Armed Forces and Civil Protection distributed 3,000 portions of food and water to 24 affected settlements.

Images of biblical destruction came from the wider area of ​​Karditsa and Trikala, but also the area of ​​Domokos experienced enormous destruction with the water level in some villages having even exceeded two meters.

The municipality of Larissa is talking about a difficult 24 hours

In an emergency announcement before midnight on Thursday, the municipality of Larissa warns that the situation with the flooding phenomena in Thessaly that end up in Pineos before entering the riverbed in the city of Larissa will continue for at least 24 hours.

The announcement of the municipality of Larissa in detail

“There are intense flooding phenomena in Thessaly that end up in Pineos before the riverbed enters the city of Larissa. The water flow is constantly increasing. For this reason an earlier warning was issued by 112. This situation will continue for the next twenty-four hours at least and causes concern for the safety of citizens and facilities located within the flood zone of Pinios on the borders of the Municipality of Larissa. The flood zone is defined in the space from Amydalea to Gyrtoni and includes the area between the embankments on both sides of Pinios.

Those within the Pinios flood zone should evacuate immediately as there is a serious risk of flooding. The rest of the population near but not in the flood zone should be on alert.

The Municipality of Larissa also decided tomorrow, Friday, September 8, and for precautionary reasons, that the kindergartens of Larissa will not operate, in order to limit unnecessary travel. The Municipality of Larissa is on alert and there will be constant updates on how the situation is shaping up. We ask the citizens to follow these announcements”.