Powerful stormlightning and thunder struck on Tuesday afternoon Thessalonikiand hail fell. The intense phenomena did not last long, but the roads in East Thessaloniki turned into rivers, which made it difficult traffic cars. So far no problems have been reported.

The fire department has received requests to pump water and cut trees in areas of Central and Western Macedonia.

In particular, he received one call to pump water in Serra and two in Florina, as well as three calls to cut down trees in Kassandra Halkidiki, Alexandria Imathia and Kilkis.

Rock falls in Karditsa and Trikala

At the same time, in the mountains of the Karditsa regional branch, specifically in the Argithea region, intense phenomena led to rockfalls, which, as the Deputy Governor of Karditsa, Mr. Konstantinos Nussios, said, the vehicles of the Karditsa PE effectively coped.

In the region of the municipality of Palama, yesterday’s heavy hail hit thousands of hectares of crops, throwing growers into despair.

In addition, rockfalls, damage to the rural road network, falling trees and power outages were caused by heavy rains in the mountain Pindos of the Trikala district unit.

According to statements by Trikala Deputy Governor Christos Michalakis to APE-MPE, the crews of the Trikala Regional Unit, the Fire Brigade and the Police are on alert to deal with any problems occurring while being in local apartments such as Diava, Polineri, Balkano, there have been massive blackouts. electricity. Basements flooded in Kalambaka, the fire department is pumping out water.

^{Source: APE-MEB}