1693996251 Live weather news Cyclone Daniel devastates Greece floods and victims

Live weather news Cyclone Daniel devastates Greece, floods and victims also in Turkey and Bulgaria, Istanbul is under water. Photos and videos 3bmeteo

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Weather News – Floods, landslides and flooding devastate Greece, Bulgaria and TurkeyWeather News – Floods, landslides and flooding devastate Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey

The end of summer 2023 will be remembered for a long time Greece for the devastating fires on the border with Turkey and for the Flooding caused by the development of a Mediterranean cyclone. Arrived almost silently Daniel (official name for depression) has increasingly increased intensified in the sea section between the southern Ionian and the Libyan Seas by suction Steam from warm surface waters from the ocean. Continued exposure to the lure of moist southeasterly currents associated with the minimum resulted in a terrible persistence of rainfall over large parts of eastern and northeastern Greece. The amount of rain that has fallen in the 48 hours they are real incredible especially for their distribution. We are talking about an average of 250/300 mm over an area of ​​over 50,000 square kilometers local peaks of 600/700 mmpractically the most rain in a whole year, which fell in two days and with Record values ​​in 24 hours. Mainly the territory hilly and mountainous He responded the only way he knew how, by melting and flooding Floods and mudslides the downstream areas. The area around Volos was particularly devastated One person in the car, which was swept away by the current, died, but severe damage was recorded throughout the eastern area from Thessaloniki to Athens. There are thousands of displaced and homeless people.

The situation is also serious between Bulgaria and Turkey, here especially in the western part of the country. Hit by one The city of Istanbul was also hit by severe flooding where in some parts of the city the water reached a height of more than one and a half meters and flooded everything. According to the authorities, at least that would be the case 7 victims, including at least two tourists whose bungalow on a campsite would have been washed away by the force of the water.

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