A number of hours of unhealthy climate was sufficient to show issues the other way up within the capital, because the heavy rain and heavy hail brought about critical issues, since underground areas had been flooded and a number of other roads grew to become impassable.
In accordance with the press consultant of the Hearth Service, probably the most issues had been noticed within the municipalities of Latsia, Strovolos and Tseri, with the requires assist reaching 72. To reply, a complete of twenty crews are working, of which 13 are from the Hearth Service, two of the volunteer group Assist Cy, two of Civil Protection, two of ETEA and one of many Pavlos volunteer group. It’s famous that crews from the municipalities of Latsia, Tseri, Strovolos and Aglantzia are additionally contributing to the efforts.
In accordance with him, the calls concern a number of circumstances of flooded basements, storm water drain openings and a small variety of car towings with occupants, with none incident that put any particular person in substantial hazard.
He additionally talked about that just about half of the incidents have been accomplished, however there are nonetheless giant areas of underground water that may take hours to pump out. Volunteer Firefighters have additionally been known as and personnel have additionally been recalled.
