Bad weather “Ballos”: Which roads remain closed in Thessaloniki
In particular according to General Police Directorate of Thessaloniki, the traffic stop continues at the following points:
- at the Lagadikion-Scholari EPO at the height of the 3rd km due to a torrent overflow
- at the 1st km of Lagada – Heraklion
- at the 1st km of rural asphalt road Lagada – Assirou
- in E.O. Pentalofou – Sindou (Voustasia Location)
- in the extension of M.Alexandrou Street, from Sindos to Biological and from the extension of Pontos to Sindos,
The General Police Directorate of Thessaloniki appeals to the drivers to be especially careful and to follow the instructions of the traffic wardens.
Disasters in Northern Greece
The bad weather caused big problems in Northern Greece, where roads were closed, landslides and landslides occurred, rivers and torrents overflowed, crops were destroyed, houses and businesses were flooded, while there were no shortages of citizens trapped in the rushing waters.
In the Thessaloniki overflows the French river causes traffic problems, while interruptions are carried out located on the wider road network, while Serres bridge was “sunk” by the river overflow.
At the same time, in the community Tagaradon of the municipality of Thermi in Thessaloniki the inhabitants were left without water and electricity for more than eight hours, according to grtimes.gr. In addition, with overflow of the river Anthemounta As of yesterday, pipes were broken in several places along the river, resulting in a problem in one of the three geographies of the community of Tagarades during the pumping of water and turbidity of the water.
At noon on Saturday in Thessaloniki, the vehicle traffic in the extension of M.Alexandrou Street, from Sindos to Biological and from the extension of Pontos to Sindos, in Thessaloniki, due to overflow of the French River.
A stream overflowed in the Olympics
In the Municipality of Aristotle in Chalcidice last Friday the stream that crosses it overflowed Olympiad as a result flood homes, while there was a company for the release of the 55-year-old.
“Unfortunately he could not stand it and broke the stream that passes through the village in three places. “Overflow with the result that some houses in Olympiada are flooded”, said to APE – MPE chairman of the local community of Olympiada Giannis Petrakis.
According to Mr. Petrakis, some houses flooded, while a 55-year-old man, who had been trapped in his house by the large concentration of water, had to be removed to a safe place.
“A 55-year-old man had to be transported to a safe place as he could not leave his holiday home, with the water stopping at that point exceeding half a meter,” explained the president of the local Olympiada community.
Happy end to the adventure of the two pilgrims on Mount Athos
The bodies were found two pilgrims that were lost, in the middle of the bad weather “Ballos”, in Mount AthosThe
The two Ukrainians were located by EMAK men and immediately transported to a safe place.
According to the local voria.gr, the two pilgrims were found safe by the firefighters at Vigla, near the Holy Cell of the Holy Trinity. This is an area about one kilometer from the Hermitage of Timios Prodromos (Romanian hermitage).
According to the first information, they told the men of the Fire Brigade that they lost their orientation due to the fog.
The two Ukrainians were taken to the Mount Athos Health Center as a precaution, however they are in good health.