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Many areas were “hit” by heavy rains, with the typical example of Hersonissos Y Malia.
Residents are in despair with their houses destroyed by flowing waters. the roads have become rivers as they flood the lower floors buildings Y yards Y business. the cars in many cases they have been washed away.
The Fire Department has accepted hundreds of calls to pump water in basements and lower floors while proceeding to 10 rescues, six children and four adults.
Frame: shocking rescue operation
Human lives were in danger in the municipality of Hersonissos, which was “beaten” by severe bad weather.
Specifically, the Fire Department was asked to release at least eight people.
Frame by frame the rescue operation of a woman in Malia.
The woman, according to neakriti.gr, went to a field to go home. children but it quickly flooded the area and the water rose to a dangerous point.
With careful movements citizens helped that the woman should cross the stream of waters and cross from one side of the road to the other, in a safe place.
Partial evacuation in Platanias
Problems due to the bad weather that affects, in the last hours to Crete, the Regional Unit also faced From Rethymno.
the class disruption in primary and secondary education it was announced by the municipality of Mylopotamos, after the intense climatic phenomena that affected the prefecture.
Class disruption affects both kindergartens, kindergartens, young children, primary schools, secondary schools and lyceums.
Until just before 2:00 p.m., a serious problem was found due to bad weather in the area of Platanias, where the river grew dangerously, which caused a partial evacuation of the houses in the area.
In this area, the authorities addressed Appeal to residents to leave their homes. its.
Citizens should also pay close attention to provincial network from Petre to Mylopotamos, as there are serious problems.
Avoid movements, are recommended by the Authorities, and in the areas: Pigi, Adele, Estavromenos, Sfakaki.
However, according to information on neakriti.gr, landslides in all municipalities, with some roads closed.
Lekkas: The hours are difficult
“Is the time difficult and until 4pm on Tuesday we will have climatic stresses in eastern Crete. From there, we expect a relative recession of the phenomena ”.
This was mentioned, among other things, on neakriti.gr, by the meteorologist Efthymios Lekkas, highlighting “that although the rains will continue, they will not be as intense, with the phenomenon moving west, while tomorrow the weather forecast will improve.”
Mr. Lekkas also provided new rainfall data for areas of Crete where they received large amounts of rain in a few hours.
According to him, in Malia it rained as much as it could during the winter season.
The following are the areas that received the higher rain heights from yesterday afternoon until today early at 12 noon, highlighting Malia, Agriana and the Presa de los Ríos:
- Malia
308mm of rain height (which equates to one ton per acre) - Wild
279mm rain height - Potamon Dam
293mm rain height - Mochos
198mm rain height - Lassithi Tzermiado Plateau
69mm rain height - Crosses
134mm rain height - Saint Myron
134mm rain height - Diocese of Pediados
167mm rain height - Anogia
121mm rain height - Neapoli Sitia
102mm rain height - Askifos Plateau
146mm rain height - Sempronas
120mm rain height - Eastern Heraklion
86mm rain height - Western heraklion
90mm rain height
People were hooked to pillars
With impetuously «riversMalia residents woke up on the streets and saw houses and cars hidden under the water.
the water level was so large that roads quickly became almost inaccessible and people trapped in the water, according to eyewitnesses, were forced to columns Be saved.
In Malia Y Withdrawal It even needed the intervention of the fire department to launch operations of houses and cars.
Vehicles that looked like … colliding cars were swept away and transported to other locations by the rough waters.
The images are similar in Stalis, where the waters had made the streets look like … rivers, just before 12:00 in the morning.
Firefighters Resource: “Go up to the rooftops”
From the Fire Service he addresses large appeal, due to heavy rains, if residents find that they are in danger of rising high points and avoid them movements its.
At least 60 men with 20 vehicles are involved in rescue operations, while EMAK continuously continues operations to free people who have been trapped or trapped in their homes.