Griekenland: Na hitte en bosbranden volgt de zondvloed

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A level 1 and level 2 is issued for Greece, NE Bulgaria and NW Turkey mainly for excessive convective precipitation.

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Op dinsdag 5 september 2023 11:47 schreef aloa het volgende:

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Hoeveelheden zelfs voor orkanen al belachelijk veel
Of kunnen we dit straks een Medicane noemen.

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Op dinsdag 5 september 2023 15:34 schreef miss_sly het volgende:

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786 mm dat is echt veel

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Sommige delen van Volos zitten de afgelopen twee uur zonder elektriciteit en de zware regen houdt aan.

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A level 2 was issued across parts of Greece for exceptionally heavy rainfall, and to a lesser extent for tornadoes.

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Op woensdag 6 september 2023 09:32 schreef Dven het volgende:
In Bulgarije drie doden en nog twee vermist.

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Impressive waterspout makes landfall on the island of Evia, Greece

An impressive waterspout made landfall on the island of Evia, Greece on September 5, 2023, during severe weather brought by a storm dubbed Daniel.

The storm brought exceptionally high rainfall to the country, with amounts surpassing 600 mm (23.6 inches) in areas like Zagora, located on the foot of Mount Pelion.

According to meteorologists, this event marks the heaviest 24-hour rainfall since Greece began keeping records on the subject.

Since Monday, September 4, Greece has experienced unusually intense rainfall, leading to at least one fatality in Volos, the capital of the Magnesia department, located in the country’s center.

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Severe flash floods hit Istanbul, leaving 2 people dead and 5 injured, Turkey

Severe flash floods struck several districts of Istanbul following heavy downpours on September 5, 2023, leaving at least 2 people dead and five others injured.

The northern part of Istanbul experienced the onset of the heavy rains, which soon intensified in the Arnavutköy and Başakşehir districts, transforming roads into raging rivers. Officials registered a substantial rainfall of approximately 125 mm (4.9 inches) in the city.

The Istanbul Governor’s Office, in its official statement, revealed the tragic fatalities in the Başakşehir and Küçükçekmece districts. One of the deceased, identified by Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya, was a foreign national in Kucukcekmece. The other fatality, a 57-year-old woman, met her tragic fate in Basaksehir. She was outdoors when the rain intensified, leading her to be swept away by the deluge. Bystanders intervened, rescuing her after being carried around 1 km (0.6 miles) by the floodwaters. Medical teams, upon reaching the site, confirmed her death due to sustained injuries.

The metro system also witnessed the repercussions of the flooding. Two stations, Turgut Özal and Siteler, operating on the M3 Kirazlı-Kayaşehir line, were temporarily closed as a precautionary measure, as per Metro Istanbul’s announcement on social media platforms.

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Flash floods kill tourists in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria
At least nine people die and more than 1,750 homes and businesses affected in Istanbul

At least nine people have died in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria as flash floods from torrential rainstorms turned rivers into torrents, swept roads and bridges away and inundated streets, homes and public buildings.

“This is the most extreme phenomenon in terms of the maximum amount of rain in a 24-hour period since records began in the country,” Greece’s climate crisis and civil protection minister, Vassilis Kikilias, said after an emergency cabinet meeting.

In Turkey, six holidaymakers were carried away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria. Two bodies were recovered on Tuesday night and a third on Wednesday morning.

Authorities said more than a dozen holidaymakers were on the site when the flood hit, sweeping away several bungalows, and the search for the three missing holidaymakers was “continuing uninterrupted”.

Turkish television footage showed rescuers carrying a young girl and an adult to safety from waters that reached waist-high in some areas. The rains also damaged and forced the closure of a main road, Habertürk TV reported.

Two people were also killed in Istanbul. Several underground stations were closed and about a dozen people were rescued after being stranded inside a flooded city library.

The overnight storm, which followed an unusually dry summer , flooded streets and stations and swept away cars and city market stalls.

The victims in Istanbul included a 32-year-old Guinean citizen trapped in a ground-floor apartment in the district of Küçükçekmece. Elsewhere, diners in a restaurant climbed onto the roof to escape the rising waters.

The surging flood waters affected more than 1,750 homes and businesses in the city, according to the governor’s office. They included a line of shops in the Ikitelli district, where the deluge dragged parked vehicles and mud into furniture stores.

In Greece, one man died in the eastern coastal town of Volos when a wall collapsed onto him, and five more were reported missing. At least six villages in and around the eastern Pelion mountain range suffered huge damage, local media reported.

Streams overflowed their banks and swept cars into the sea, while rockfalls blocked roads, a small bridge was destroyed and many areas suffered electricity cuts. A hospital and nursing home in Volos were flooded and had to be evacuated.

According to the national meteorological service, one Pelion village recorded 750.4mm of rainfall in 24 hours, compared to an average annual rainfall in the Athens region of about 400mm.

Meteorologist Panagiotis Giannopoulos told broadcster ERT that “the amount of water that fell in 24 hours is the same as the usual rainfall for the whole of autumn”.

Police banned travel to Volos, certain Pelion villages and the nearby island of Skiathos where “planes cannot approach the airport” because of the flooding, Savvas Karagiannis, a spokesman for Fraport, the German company that manages Greece’s regional airports, told AFP.

Authorities also sent multiple mobile phone alerts to inhabitants in several other areas of central Greece, on the Sporades islands and on the island of Evia near Athens, warning them to limit their movements outdoors.