The medicane Ianos left traces of devastation in Greece.
More than 600 people had to be brought to safety by rescue workers.
A weather phenomenon is raging in
Greece
.
A so-called
Medicane -
a kind of
hurricane
* in the Mediterranean Sea - has swept across the country.
The Medicane
Ianos
left a trail of
devastation
in many regions of the country
.
The severe
storms
* claimed at least
three lives
and one woman is still missing.
Munich / Athens - The
Medicane Ianos
has
left a trail of devastation
in
Greece
.
The storms last weekend left at
least
three dead
.
Cars were
partially washed away
by the
heavy rains
.
The fire department said that
more than 600 people
by rescue workers from their homes
exempted
or otherwise
rescued
had to be.
Medicane Ianos: Greek media report "catastrophe of biblical proportions"
The Medicane
Ianos
in the west and another storm
low
over the
North Aegean
caused
severe damage
in large parts of
Greece
on Friday and Saturday
.
Greek media reported on Monday on the western Greek island of
Kefalonia
of a "catastrophe of biblical proportions".
The pictures showed
cars
buried
by stone avalanches
,
broken roads
,
fallen trees
and electricity pylons, and
sunken boats
in ports.
In many places the
streets were under water
.
A rare Hurricane like Storm known as a 'medicane' battered islands in western #Greece, bringing flooding and power cuts to the islands of Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca.
The storm named #Ianos wiped away a beach (seen on the video) on #Kefalonia Island.
pic.twitter.com/ygdSngLPxw
- Shark NewsWires (@SharkNewsWires) September 18, 2020
Storm in Greece: Medicane also devastates vacation islands
On Friday afternoon, Greece's north-south rail link between
Athens
and
Thessaloniki
even had to be
closed
due to a
flood
, as the state broadcaster (ERT) reported.
In many regions of
western Greece there
was also a power cut.
The
schools
were also partially closed there.
The
ferry connections
to the islands of
Kefalonia
,
Zakynthos
and
Ithaca
were interrupted.
A campsite on the holiday island of
Kefalonia
even had to be evacuated.
Time and again, emergency services had to move out to free people from their
flooded houses
.
More than 5,000 homes are
reported to have
been flooded.
A
medicane
as
Ianos
is a storm that may form near the end of the summer in the Mediterranean, when the
water
there still
high temperatures
has.
In
recent years,
Greece
has been hit by
storms
and
heavy rain
,
and
injuries
and
deaths
are often
to be mourned.
This time, too, the
storm claimed
at least three lives, and one woman is still missing.
Medicane Ianos: Those affected report on their experiences with the storm
An
86-year-old woman
from the badly affected city of
Karditsa
in Thessaly told the Greek TV station Skai: "We used to have storms, but never as violent." She was up to her waist in the
water
.
Another
older man
fought back tears in an interview on the state radio: “I'm going to see if I can still save something.
The basement is full of water.
Everything I own is in my house. "
👇Flooding scenes in # Greece's western city of Karditsa as Cyclone #Ianos, known as a #Medicane "(a hurricane-like Mediterranean storm), continues to batter parts of the country. It's expected to ease away by Monday. Pic.twitter. com / RY0Y3Ko2x0
- BBC Weather (@bbcweather) September 19, 2020
A
supplier also
reported on his experiences on the
road
: “It's hell.
Cars have been washed away, floods everywhere.
I set out in Trikala and barely got through. "According to the Skai TV station, some houses and villages are still locked because
earth masses
or
water currents are
preventing access.
As early as August there was
severe
flooding
on the Greek island of
Evia
after a violent
storm
.
At
least six tourists died in
severe storms and hailstorms in
Greece
in 2019.
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