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The state mechanism has been put on alert due to the bad weather “Ianos”, which until now has made its presence felt in areas of western Greece.
At the center of severe weather events are, at the moment, Ithaca, Zakynthos and Kefalonia.
Speaking to OPEN on Friday morning (09/18), Ithaca Mayor Dionysis Stanitsas spoke about a very difficult night. There are power outages on the island since three in the morning, while the competent services of the municipality in collaboration with the Fire Department throughout the night tried to coordinate the situation. As the mayor of Ithaca said, so far there is no information about those trapped residents, but there have been many tree falls. “We have been fighting bad weather for six hours” characteristically stated Dionysis Stanitsas.
On Zakynthos strong winds reach up to 10 Beauforts, while there are heavy rains. In addition, as reported by APE-MPE, on Thursday night (09/17) a power tower caught fire near a hotel in the Kalamaki area of Zakynthos, and firefighters immediately rushed to the scene and extinguished the fire.
Watch videos from the port of Zakynthos:
It is observed that the Civil Protection Coordinator of the Regional Unit of the Ionian Islands issued a statement where “Strong recommendation to all Zakynthos residents, to limit their travel throughout the island, from today Thursday 17-9-2020 until tomorrow Friday 18-9-2020 late at night.”
According to information from the Fire Department, until one after midnight there were no reports of particular problems, except for a limited number of alerts for logging in Kefalonia and Zakynthos.
Heavy rains in Ilia and Messenia
Heavy rains and stormy winds hit western Greece, spreading the storm front from the Ionian Islands.
Friday night (17/9) Ilia and Messinia areas received heavy rains and in the following hours, the phenomenon will continue to evolve in the same arc, covering the western coasts of Sterea and Peloponnese.
Watch videos of the Ilia area:
It is recalled that the General Secretariat for Civil Protection (GGPP) sent, on Thursday (09/17), a new message via 112 to the residents of Etoloakarnania, Achaia, Ilia and Messinia about the “passage” of the cyclone.
What areas will be “affected” by bad weather?
According to meteorologists, the areas through which the Mediterranean cyclone is expected to pass until Saturday (09/19) are Attica, Ionian, Peloponnese, Central Greece, Cyclades, Evia, Crete and Dodecanese. .
Watch LIVE the evolution of the Mediterranean cyclone:
The course of Ianos to Greece was recorded by the European meteorological satellite Meteosat-11, while the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr processed and visualized the satellite data and prepared the video that follows and presents the movement of the system to our country until Thursday afternoon.
The tops of the clouds are red, which in some cases is estimated to exceed 13 kilometers. The same video shows the flash of lightning registered by the ZEUS system of the National Observatory of Athens.
The possible course of the cyclone
The professor of natural disaster management spoke with Mega about the Mediterranean cyclone and the possible paths it will follow, Efthymis Lekkas.
According to Mr. Lekkas, intense phenomena are expected during the next 48 hours “Which we cannot determine geographically which one will occur.” since the phenomenon can change direction at any time.
He pointed out, speaking to Mega, that heading south is not a favorable development as “If it came to Attica, from land areas, the phenomenon would be greatly weakened. When it goes through land, it is discharged and in the end it depreciates completely ”.
“As you head south to the Peloponnese, I am very afraid that it will get even stronger. If it is right on the coast, it is amplified by the marine mass, and is intensely discharged on the land surface, that is, we will intense phenomena in Patras, Kyllini, Zacharo, Kyparissia and Methoni» added the professor.
«If this route is followed, we will have phenomena like those of last summer in Halkidiki. If it entered transversely ashore, it would gradually discharge. “, he concluded.
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