Greece faces the squall Daniel with a storm of torrential rains never seen before that is causing spectacular floods in various parts of the country. At least one person has died and another remains missing due to the scourge of a storm that has left heavy rains in the central area of the country and which, on the positive side, has managed to contain the threat that the wave of forest fires has posed for weeks .
In the city of Volos, one of the most affected, a 70-year-old rancher has died buried by a wall that collapsed due to a landslide. A second person is also being sought, another man who was allegedly swept away by a stream of water, according to a Firefighters spokesman quoted by the ERT television network.
The authorities have prohibited the movement of vehicles in some areas, while the general recommendation is to avoid risks. The emergency service has asked the inhabitants of Volos, Thessaloniki, Laughter, Euboea and Katerini that restrict non-essential movements.
But, what is the origin of this unprecedented phenomenon? In the Mediterranean, from a DANAa powerful storm has developed that is currently located southwest of Greece, in the middle of the sea. The models show that it will continue moving towards the southwest in the next few hours until it is located between the island of Sicily, Greece and Libya. On Saturday it could start to weaken.
These rains will be accompanied by storms, since this storm is being fed in height by a pocket of cold air. Storms could be stronger in the southern zone, but they are not ruled out at any point. The models indicate that in the next 72 hours more than 800 liters per square meter in parts of the interior of the Greek peninsula. These accumulated could even exceed those amounts.
The person responsible for this situation is the prevailing weather pattern in Europe, which is the pattern in Omega. The locks on omega They are named because of the pattern they form that resembles the uppercase Greek letter omega. An area of high pressure will be sandwiched between two areas of low pressure one to the east and west, and also slightly to the south. Precisely to the east is where the storm that brings this weather to Greece is located.
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The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has recognized that it is “extremely difficult” to face a storm of this magnitude without the collaboration of citizens. Greece, he explained, is facing a “completely extreme” phenomenon, so for the Prime Minister it is essential that all people follow the guidelines set by Civil Protection depending on the evolution of the situation.
Meteorologists anticipate that the weather conditions will continue to be difficult until next Thursday, with special concern for what may happen in the central zone of Greece but also in the Peloponnese peninsula, in the south.