Residents record flooding, destruction in Volos, Mount Pelion amid severe storm
Local residents and tourists in the city of Volos and Mount Pelion were posting photos and videos of the destruction caused by the severe thunderstorm sweeping central Greece since Monday night.
One video filmed in the village of Agios Ioannis, in the eastern coast of Mount Pelio, showed a car being swept into the sea.
BREAKING: Cars are now being washed into the sea in Agios Ioannis, Pelion. Flooding disaster ongoing in Thessaly, Greece. pic.twitter.com/uRr80Da0sB
— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) September 5, 2023
Another showed the Krafsidonas stream in Volos, which is usually dry, overflowing its banks and flooding the surrounding streets.
Υπερχείλισε ο χείμαρρος Κραυσίδωνας στον Βόλο. Η Αστυνομία απαγόρεψε την κυκλοφορία σε όλη την πόλη.
Φωτογραφία του Γρηγόρη Αντωνόπουλου. pic.twitter.com/yYG3UXN1Mw— meteo.gr – Ο καιρός (@meteogr) September 5, 2023
In another part of Volos, a tourist bus fell into a sinkhole and a small pedestrian bridge collapsed.
#βολος pic.twitter.com/uImZYOi71L
— 🤷 (@amhelakos) September 5, 2023
#Volos in Greece…..#ClimateActionNow #κακοκαιρία #Βολος #Θεσσαλια #Greece pic.twitter.com/suWtGfG52B
— Volcaholic 🌋 (@volcaholic1) September 5, 2023
In Horefto, a popular coastal village in the eastern coast of Pelion, the beach was covered with debris dragged down by the flooding and the sea.
Χορευτό Πηλίου, Τρίτη 5 Σεπτεμβρίου 2023
Φωτογραφία της Μαρίας Κουτσελίνη pic.twitter.com/OgxU5LjfTi— meteo.gr – Ο καιρός (@meteogr) September 5, 2023
