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Mediterranean Cyclone Ianos continues its destructive course, passing through the Ionian Sea and Thessaly, leaving behind dead, missing and enormous disasters.
Early in the afternoon on Saturday, the rains started from the west, specifically Chania, while in the afternoon storms and lightning appeared in Heraklion prefecture, where the biggest problems with flooded roads and shops, as well as power cuts, are identified.
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The night is expected to be particularly difficult, with the state apparatus on high alert.
In particular, the authorities proceeded to close all the bridges, starting at Katsambas, where the river has already overflowed in the area and the crossing is dangerous.
At the same time, the testimonies speak of problems that have been caused in the center of Heraklion and specifically in health food stores that have been flooded, while the streets have turned into rivers.
Characteristic of the heavy intensity of the rain is the video in which it seems that the Lions Square in Heraklion has been flooded. The only ones present in the place were the merchants, who used brooms to drive away the water.
Fell a balcony in Nea Alikarnassos
As bad weather progressed, a balcony fell from a house located in Nea Alikarnassos, Heraklion.
According to information on the cretapost.gr website, fortunately there were no injuries, as there were no passersby on this road. The balcony, however, fell on parked cars where material damage occurred.
The police and a PPC team rushed to the scene from the get-go. The Police, in order to block the point and the PPC workshop to repair the damage caused to the electrical supply by the fall of the balcony materials on the PPC cables, with the result that neighboring houses have a cut of light for a while.
Heraklion in the dark – Flight problems
According to the information, many areas of Heraklion were plunged into darkness, such as the neighborhoods around Ai Giannis in Knossos.
At the same time, the continuous fluctuations in the current voltage create many problems, while it is said that an explosion occurred in a PPC pillar on the Agios Nikolaos – Heraklion national road, at the height of the old KTEO.
There was also a serious problem with the flights, as three planes did not land at the city’s airport.
How will Janos move?
However, late on Saturday night, the heavy rains stopped and the bad weather seemed to subside.
After all, according to forecasters, Janos will now move south to Crete, further weaken and “extinct” reaching the shores of North Africa. But until that happens, Crete will have a difficult night.
In particular, according to the forecast of the National Observatory of Athens, on Sunday the rains and storms of Ianos will be limited in Crete, while in the rest of the country the climate will improve with local clouds that will be more dense in the south.
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