Mylopotamos Declares Emergency After Heavy Rains
Heavy rain damaged roads, streams and utility networks, and officials said 387 millimeters fell in Anogeia over two days.
- On Thursday, October 1, the municipality of Mylopotamos declared a state of emergency after severe storms triggered widespread flooding, infrastructure damage, and one fatality across the island of Crete.
- Heavy downpours on September 30 and October 1 battered mountainous regions, with Anogeia recording 387 millimeters of rain in two days while the Lassithi Plateau measured around 243 millimeters, overwhelming local drainage systems.
- Widespread flooding prompted over 250 emergency calls and forced school closures, while infrastructure in Zoniana, Axos, and Livadia sustained severe damage, including a farm vehicle swept away by floodwaters with its two occupants rescued.
- Greece's meteorological service maintains an urgent red alert for Crete until Sunday as municipal crews clear debris and repair damaged rural roads and utility networks across affected areas.
- Meteorologists warn that already saturated soils increase flash flood risks as new storms arrive Friday evening, while the region remains under civil protection state of emergency until December 30.
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The emergency bulletin of the Hellenic Meteorological Service has been updated - 361.4 millimeters of rain fell in Anogia - Flooded houses and roads, damage to infrastructure and fears of new intense phenomena
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