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The Mediterranean cyclone Ianos left human losses and great disasters in Kefalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos, Karditsa, Farsala, but also in Crete.
The area most affected perhaps more than any other is Karditsa. Two people (out of a total of three) lost their lives in the area, while two more are missing.
Also read: MEGA in Karditsa – Images of total destruction
At the same time, the search for the 43-year-old man who was kidnapped in Mouzaki, Karditsa continues. Her car was located yesterday, but she was not. There is still a pastor missing in Makrychori, Karditsa.
Today the eager effort to locate the 43-year-old continued, with 28 firefighters with 7 vehicles and 3 drones from 1st EMAK operating in the area. Volunteers also participate in research.
All this at a time when Ianos could have left Greece, however our country is measuring its wounds and is called to face the problems left by the Mediterranean cyclone. One of them is the 40 people trapped in Oxia, Karditsa. According to the fire department, everyone is in good health, yet no one can enter or leave town due to disasters.
At the same time, according to the mayor of Palamas, G. Sakellariou, the Metamorfosi community in Karditsa is being evacuated. The rise of the river level continued and it was decided to evacuate the inhabitants. According to karditsalive.net, the necessary processes are now being carried out to coordinate the evacuation correctly.
As explained by Mr. Sakellariou in KarditsaLive.Net This measure was considered necessary since there is a worrying rise in the level of the Italian river and to avoid any possibility of endangering lives, in the event of a “break” it was decided to evacuate.
In the area, however, continued Mr. Sakellariou, there are two machines to intervene and with incisions to relieve pressure if necessary.
Three killed by the deadly cyclone
The last death was that of the 62-year-old man who disappeared yesterday. It is about a couple where due to heavy rain, the roof of their house in the village of Kastania in Karditsa collapsed and crushed it. However, according to the information, the woman managed and was released before the fire department arrived. Unfortunately, the same did not happen with the man.
Yesterday, an elderly woman from Farsala was the first victim of bad weather in Greece, while a 63-year-old farmer of Albanian origin was found dead in Karditsa.
Big trouble in Karditsa
Severe bad weather has caused major flooding, blockades and evacuations of villages, extensive damage to houses, shops, roads, bridges and crops.
The night was difficult for the Kalogriana village, Karditsa, which has received large volumes of water, while rescue teams are located in various areas of Thessaly, as the damage is great with collapsing bridges, flooded houses and Mouzaki damaged. disaster and the Health Center.
It should be noted that the prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, will go, before the European Council meeting, to Karditsa, according to government sources.
In their meetings with local agencies, the damage will be assessed and the rehabilitation plan and measures will be analyzed.
Inside the house where the 62-year-old man tragically died in Karditsa
Totally destroyed is the house in which the 62-year-old farmer from Kastania, Karditsa, was tragically killed, who was crushed from his roof when bad weather “Ianos” swept through the area.
Footage from the scene shows the house collapsing and how difficult it was for someone inside to survive.
It is recalled that the 62-year-old himself had contacted the Fire Department on Saturday to ask for help, but all communication with him has since been lost.
MEGA in Farsala: dozens of people were in danger, houses were flooded and properties were lost
Farsala residents, who were hit by deadly bad weather, speak of total destruction. Still upset, the injuries left by the catastrophic flood count.
The MEGA camera recorded the damage caused by “Janos” in Farsala. The properties were destroyed, as well as the fields, until the asphalt was moved by the torrent of waters.
In a matter of minutes, people heard the doorbell and tried to save themselves. “In time zero the life of a lifetime was destroyed”, they say in the MEGA chamber.
Crete: roads, shops flooded, planes failed to land
Crete also had a difficult night, as there were many problems due to bad weather in Janos. In Heraklion, Crete, the streets and shops of the city were flooded.
Due to the weather, 3 planes failed to land at Nikos Kazantzakis airport, while a total of 7 flights were canceled.
A balcony collapsed in Nea Alikarnassos. On Dimokratias Street in particular, the rain swept the protective parapet of the terrace which in turn swept the first-floor balcony of the building. The parapet and balcony materials fell on two parked vehicles where they caused very serious damage, but fortunately there were no injuries.
The boys avoid the beach, the stream from All to Bodrum is flooded
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Furthermore, the intense activity of the lightning even caused explosions in the PPC pillars in BOAK and specifically in the section of the National Network from Heraklion to Agios Nikolaos. The explosions also caused gradual power outages in many areas. In fact, from time to time power was cut off and restored in many areas of Heraklion.
Cephalonia: Inconceivable Disaster in Assos, Lixouri, Fiskardo – Desperate residents
Cyclone Ianos also left images of an inconceivable catastrophe in Cephalonia. Until yesterday, the beautiful area of Assos has been washed away by the unprecedented downpour that brought tons of debris from the surrounding hills that drowned the picturesque town. 
Cars, shops, houses, infrastructure have become one with the rubble.
Neighbors scream in pain and ask for the immediate intervention of the state mechanism to support them. Their fortunes have been lost in the mud and they are desperately asking for help to support themselves. However, they complain that the authorities have not yet rushed to their aid.
“Shops, cars, houses have been lost. They have become one with the mud and stone floors.” But no one has stepped on it yet, “said a young trader who lost her business. 
Fiskardo drowned
Residents of Fiskardo and Lixouri are also facing images of destruction today. During the downpour, the roads of the settlements turned into torrents, dragging even cars in their path.
In the shocking video recorded by a resident, we see the swift muddy waters that drown Fiskardo and end up in the Plaza. 
Lixouri counts his wounds
The picturesque Lixouri is also reminiscent of a bombed-out place. The passage of the cyclone left houses and shops damaged, vehicles crushed and ships sunk. Not even the village cemetery escaped the fury of nature. 
Hardals of Zakynthos: Power will be restored at dusk
About the problems left by the storm “Ianos” was informed in detail in a meeting that took place in the PE building. Zakynthos, the Deputy Minister of Civil Protection and Crisis Management, Nikos Hardalias.
“A superhuman effort is being made by the PPC crews, with damages reaching 650”, said Mr. Hardalias after the end of the meeting, while also adding that “the island received a meteorological attack, this attack generated huge problems in the network “. , and at the moment an effort is being made in the time that the conditions allow it ”.
Then, to face the enormous problem in the electricity supply (for which Zakynthos is in darkness for 48 hours after the storm) he stated that “yesterday at noon 21 executives who work day and night in difficult conditions passed, because the winds not only The nets are cut down, but also the trees, and this makes the work of the PPC people even more difficult. By nightfall, we will have overwhelmingly finished the rehabilitation issue and some small problems with the small trends will be fixed by tomorrow morning. morning “.
942 releases from the Fire Department
In a statement, the Fire Department states: “Due to the dangerous meteorological phenomena that are occurring in various areas of Greece, since the night of September 17, 2020, the Fire Department has received 2,450 calls for assistance and fire bombs. mainly water: in the south Ionian, in western Greece, in central Greece, in the Peloponnese and in Thessaly and several of them are in progress, while so far 942 rescues have been carried out. Particularly:
In the southern Ionian (Kefalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos and Lefkada), the Fire Services have received 759 calls and so far 93 rescues, 308 bombs, 426 tree felling and 58 removal of objects have been carried out.
In Western Greece (Achaia, Ilia, Etoloakarnania), the Fire Services have received 69 calls and so far 25 bombs and 44 fellings of trees have been carried out.
In central Greece (Lamia, Loutra Ypatis, Leianokladi, Makrakomi and Mexiates) the fire services have received 257 calls and so far there have been 77 rescues, 198 bombs and 6 fellings of trees.
In the Corinto Peripheral Unit (Loutra Oraias Eleni) the Fire Service has received 42 calls and so far 40 water pumps and 1 removal of an object have been carried out.
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