He dumped more than 140 tons of water per acre in Athens
The rainfall in Athens and the surrounding areas of Attica exceeded 140 mm due to it bad weatherThe Heavy rains and storms marked by the bad weather “Ballos” in Attica and especially in the city of Athens caused a multitude of problems. The highest heights were recorded at the stations of Patision (147 mm), Ampelokipi (145 mm) and Peristeri (139 mm). It is worth noting that 1 mm of rain corresponds to 1 ton of water per acre, so for example in the area of Patissia from the morning, when the rain began, until the afternoon of Thursday 14/10 fell 147 tons of water per acre.
The map below shows the distribution of rainfall in Attica as well as the stations of the network of meteorological stations of the National Observatory of Athens / meteo.gr that recorded the highest rainfall heights until the afternoon of Thursday 14/10. The same map shows the areas that were burned in the devastating fires of the summer, people seem to receive smaller volumes of water by extracting the area of Tatoi where 101 mm of rain fell.
It is rapidly expanding throughout the country bad weather “Ballos”, causing flooding and paralyzing many roads. Storms and hailstorms have key features of bad weather, and in many areas traffic is intermittent.
The meteorologist spoke about one of the most intense bad weather of the last five years Giannis KallianosIn his Facebook post, he underlined that inside “In eight hours, almost half the volume of water that falls all year round in the city has already fallen».
«The bad weather “Ballos” proves to be one of the most intense bad weather of the last 5 years. The reason is a strong barometric low that approached us from the West and that gained special momentum due to the fact that the seas around Greece are still warm. That is, the clouds that approached us from the west (Ionian), due to the warm seas that surround us, were enriched with huge amounts of moisture, and so, as the barometric low swirled around itself, deposited these huge amounts of moisture in the form of extreme during periods of rainfall and severe storms. In Athens, for example, within 8 hours, almost half of the volume of water that falls in the city all year round has already fallen. This is statistically impressive but at the same time very dangerous“, Wrote Mr. Kallianos in his post. Scenes that do not separate the human mind unfolded on the old Poseidon Avenue, when, due to the bad weather, a bus operating the Piraeus-Voula route was trapped under a bridge, with passengers forming a human “chain” in order to leave the spot safely.
The water covered almost the entire bus, leaving only its roof visible, as the water level rose.
Passengers pass through the high water as they remove a bus that was stuck in a flooded underground passage in southern Athens, Thursday, October 14, 2021. Storms hit the Greek capital and other parts of southern Greece, causing traffic jams and some closed roads. . pic.twitter.com/jGVcnTvGFo
– Thanasis Stavrakis (@TStavrak) October 14, 2021
At this point there were many problems due to bad weather, with the water reaching a very high altitude, while the traffic was closed for hours.
The water that was collected was enough, “sinking” to the middle of the bus, however the passengers managed to leave it.
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