For the second time in just a few weeks, the Greek port city of Volos was flooded after heavy rain. Torrents flowed in the streets and the power went out in many places. A helicopter crashed in the storm area.
Greece is still struggling with the consequences of the floods that killed 17 people after a storm around three weeks ago. Now a new storm has caused flooding in parts of the country. The port city of Volos in central Greece is again particularly affected.
There was rainfall of around 113 liters per square meter until Wednesday afternoon, after which it continued to rain almost continuously, as the Greek weather service Meteo announced. Many people spent the night without electricity, car traffic was banned and a curfew was imposed.
A helicopter crashed into the sea in the north of the Greek island of Euboea. Two people were missing, the news channel ERTnews reported, citing the police. A search and rescue operation has been initiated. The helicopter was on its way to the Greek port city of Volos, ERTnews reported. There is currently no information about the cause of the crash.
Flash floods in the streets, power outages
Residents were unable to leave their homes because the streets had turned into torrents, carrying stones, branches, rubbish, garbage cans and even cars towards the sea. “Human lives are in danger. The world is in danger,” Mayor Achilleas Beos told the news channel ERT. “80 percent of the city is still without electricity.” In many places the water is standing, the drainage pipes are destroyed, and people cannot go to work.
Since the severe flooding at the beginning of September, people have worked tirelessly to clear up the damage, mud and rubbish, but so much water simply cannot drain away. Deep “Elias” also hit the northern half of the island of Euboea, causing floods and landslides.
The hinterland of Volos was also affected again – a large, heavily agricultural plain where, according to residents, the water was several meters high again. Firefighters were also brought in from other parts of Greece, and the army was also deployed with boats and crawler vehicles to rescue people from houses.
17 dead from storm “Daniel”
From September 4th to 8th, a severe storm settled over central Greece. Heavy rain flooded villages and towns in many places . The amount of precipitation reached unprecedented levels of more than 700 liters per square meter in less than 24 hours.
17 people lost their lives, agricultural land and livestock farms were flooded. According to the Ministry of Agriculture in Athens, authorities have so far disposed of more than 180,000 dead animals. Crop yields of cotton, corn, wheat, apples and kiwis were destroyed by the flood. Storm “Daniel” then moved on – and caused catastrophic floods in Libya with thousands of deaths.
Source : Tages Schau