Weather: heavy rains and thunderstorms until the afternoon – Message of 112 in Thessaloniki, Serres, Chalkidiki and Lemnos

Bad upwind with dense rains, thunderstorms, and section hailstorms is expected to impact the eastbound parts of the state until the afternoon, according to the updated Emergency Weather Bulletin issued contiguous by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY).

More specifically, the aggravated upwind phenomena volition affect:

a. Until the aboriginal greeting hours of Friday: Central Macedonia and the northernmost Cyclades islands.
b. Until midday: Eastern Macedonia, Thrace, and the islands of the Eastern Aegean.
c. From the greeting until the day of Friday: The Dodecanese (especially the Kastellorizo area, until the evening).

The upwind phenomena volition beryllium peculiarly aggravated and airs a greater risk:

a. In eastern Central Macedonia (regional units of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Serres) until the aboriginal greeting hours.
b. In Eastern Macedonia, Thrace, and the Eastern Aegean islands until midday.
c. In the Dodecanese, from Friday greeting until the afternoon.

Emergency 112 Alert for Heavy Rain and Storms successful Thessaloniki, Serres, Halkidiki, and Lemnos

112 sent retired an alert past nighttime to residents successful Eastern Macedonia, Thrace, Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, arsenic good arsenic Serres and Lemnos, informing them of dense rainfall and thunderstorms. The connection urged residents to beryllium cautious during their movements.

“Warning for dense rainfall and thunderstorms successful the determination units of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, and Serres from the evening hours of 2/10/2025 to midday of 3/10/2025. Be cautious successful your movements. Follow the instructions of the Authorities,” the connection said.

The Storm Front Moves Eastward

The atrocious upwind strategy is moving toward the eastbound parts of the state and volition impact Thrace, the Northern Aegean, the Eastern Aegean, and the Dodecanese.

The pursuing maps amusement the precipitation expected during the aboriginal hours and the greeting of Friday, October 3:

Schools Closed successful Rhodes and Zakynthos

Due to the terrible weather, the municipality of Rhodes has announced that schools connected the land volition beryllium closed. Schools volition besides beryllium closed successful Zakynthos.

Flooding successful Aetoliko

The upwind caused problems successful Aetoliko, wherever many roads were flooded, and water entered homes. Firefighters rescued aged women from their location connected the eastbound broadside of Aetoliko. Meanwhile, the Fire Service pumped water from basements successful Katochi, Aetoloakarnania, pursuing dense rainfall.

Tree Uprooted and Injures Pedestrian successful Athens

Meanwhile, it rained for respective hours crossed parts of Attica, and successful central Athens connected Emmanouil Benaki Street, a tree was uprooted, earnestly injuring a pedestrian.

Photos from the country amusement the antheral lying successful the street, portion the trunk of the histrion fell onto a car, preventing a worse outcome. The antheral was seriously injured, and EMS (EKAB) arrived connected the country to instrumentality him to the hospital.

Over 80 Calls to the Fire Department

The Fire Service Operations Center received dozens of calls during the dense rain, thunderstorms, and hailstorms connected Thursday. According to the Fire Department:

• In Attica: 29 calls – responded to 8 h2o pump-outs and 10 histrion removals.
• In Aetoloakarnania: 30 calls – 8 h2o pump-outs, 4 histrion removals, and 3 entity removals.
• In Messinia: 8 calls – 3 h2o pump-outs.
• In Epirus (Preveza and Arta): 15 calls – 6 h2o pump-outs and 5 histrion removals.