His wave continues bad weather in the country, while in many areas the problems were caused by heavy rains on Monday evening and especially on Tuesday afternoon.

Caution is needed across the country in the next 48 hours, said Yiannis Artofios, spokesman for the fire department, who urged citizens to be especially careful when traveling and avoid flooded roads, do not park cars under trees, as the phenomena will be intense and transient.

Cold Lake is out – Fallout Episode 3

According to the latest forecast data from the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr, today, Wednesday, August 24, an atmospheric disturbance is expected, which in the past few days has caused rain and storms in most of our country. cut off from the general movement and move towards the country us.

Thus, as an isolated lowland or “cold lake”, it is expected to be almost stationary over our country for the next 3 days (Chart 1), resulting in rain and storms in our country. It is noteworthy that intense and prolonged phenomena are expected locally, potentially dangerous for floods.

However, it should be noted that due to the nature of the “cold lake” in combination with very humid and unstable air masses over our country, it is extremely difficult to predict the timing, exact intensity and location of phenomena.

The main characteristics of the weather on Wednesday, August 24 will be as follows:

• Rains and storms both in the continental and insular parts, mainly in the Aegean Sea.
• Events in places in parts of North and North Macedonia, Thrace, North Aegean and possibly North Thessaly, North Evia and Sporades will last longer and significant amounts of rain and possibly episodes of flooding may be seen.
• Localized storms in the central and northern part of the mainland are likely to be accompanied by small hail, while in Thrace and the northeastern Aegean they are likely to be accompanied by hail to a large size.

The map below shows the cumulative rainfall expected on Wednesday 24 August and summarizes the main areas of high risk.

The expected precipitation episode is classified as Category 3 according to the Regional Precipitation Index (RPI) developed and operationally applied at the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr.

Kozani: Eordaya is in a state of emergency

Declaration of a state of emergency in the field of civil protection of the municipality of Eordai, state of emergency Kozani decided by Secretary General of Civil Protection Vassilios Papageorgiou to deal with emergencies and problems resulting from a severe storm that hit the area on Monday night.

Thus, he responded to the request of Eordea Mayor Panagiotis Plakentas, which was made from the very beginning, to allocate equipment and human resources without delay to help the victims and at the same time provide compensation to residents and professionals. houses and shops were flooded.

It is noted that an unprecedented phenomenon occurred in the region, when 77 millimeters of rain fell in 50 minutes, flooded houses and underground shops, and crops were also destroyed due to the overflow of irrigation canals.

The decree will be valid for six months, that is, until February 22, 2023.

Landslides in the port of Santorini

Problems exist due to intense phenomena in Santorini where there are landslides in the harbor and power outages.

“We mobilized 5 vehicles, as there were also landslides in the port, there were no problems in navigation. Vigilance is necessary because this is a tourist area and accommodation businessmen must inform tourists about the intense phenomena on the island,” Fire Department spokesman Yiannis Artopios told r/s Proto.

Hydro turbine in Mykonos

Rain and storms in Central Macedonia

Torrential rains and storms have been going on since early morning over most of it. Central Macedonia. Bad weather, as predicted by EMY, “spreads” gradually. According to the Regional Meteorological Center of Macedonia, the center of the storm is moving from the southeast and Chalkidiki to the northwest of the region.

Rain and storms will move over a wider area on Wednesday morning, with intense local and intermittent phenomena.

According to the head of the Autonomous Department of Civil Protection of the Central Macedonia Region, Charalambos Stergiadis, “so far (09:50) no serious problems and difficulties have been reported, however, the instability will continue, so everyone is on alert.”

All relevant departments are on high alert Halkidikiwhere the wave of bad weather continues.

“At least some minor problems have arisen due to rain and storms, such as a few fallen trees. Lightning caused a small, limited power outage at a facility in the Varvara area early this morning, which has probably already been restored,” Deputy Mayor of Civil Protection Aristotle Georgios Thalassinos told APE-MPE, noting that “Because we are at the center of the phenomena, which cannot be seen, even if they retreat, we remain on the alert.”

Attica “sank”.

At that time, received more than 100 calls just yesterday afternoon, after heavy rain, the operational headquarters of the fire department in Attica. 102 are connected with pumping water and 7 cutting down trees.

Some roads in the basin were closed due to water accumulation and falling trees.

According to the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr, 40 millimeters of rain and more than 2,500 lightning strikes fell in just one hour.

Problems across the country

There were widespread problems in Thessaloniki where hail also fell. The fire department received requests to pump water and cut down trees in the regions of Central and Western Macedonia, Karditsa and Tripoli.

in Agriniowhen the checkpoint pole fell, the car was immobilized, and two people were squeezed.

AT ghoul roads were flooded from heavy rainfall, wells “opened” from the pressure of water.

A strong blow hit her Kalambaka and wider grounds, ground floor shops and basements were flooded.

Lightning killed a flock of sheep in Metsovo.

In the mountains of District Unity Karditsa and specifically in the area of ​​​​Argithea, stones fell. In the area of ​​the municipality of Palamas, hail destroyed thousands of hectares of crops. There were also many accidents on the rural road network due to falling stones.