The fire brigade and civil protection in Rhodes are fully prepared to deal with extreme phenomena.

According to rodiaki, the heavy rains that started in the early hours of the morning were accompanied by power outages. of short duration in most cases, while the traffic lights in central parts of the city of Rhodes but also on Rhodes – Lindos and Rhodes – Kamiros were out of order several times.

At the center of the Fire Service of Rhodes, no particular problems had been reported until 9 in the morning, beyond broken trees and flooded streets within Rhodes Town.

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Regarding scheduled aircraft flights there were no cancellations but minor delays while Blue Star Patmos was unable to “tie up” in the port of Akadia at 6:30 in the morning due to gale force winds and remained for some time open in the bay of Ixia.

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In any case, special attention is required when traveling on the island’s roads, many of which have turned into rivers.

According to the emergency announcement of the Directorate of Civil Protection of the South Aegean Region, the bad weather will last for the next few hours.