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Επi ποδoς η Πυρ οσβεστικor στη Λαρνακα – Ηλικιω&mu ;ενη εγκλωβλστηκε στην οικλα τησ /></p> <p>Houses and streets were flooded in the Municipality of Dromolaxia – Meneu, with the Mayor, Cyprus Andronikos stating that the amount of rain was such that the drains and anti-flood works could not absorb it and lead it out of the Community.</p> <p> «We had enormous amounts of rainfall. , which created several problems especially at this central point in the community of Meneou”, said Mr. Andronikou. In particular, he added, it is the main road of Makariou Avenue which has been flooded. "The rain had started around midnight and continued until 9 in the morning, you realize such amounts of rain I don't remember seeing before," he said.</p> <p>He said that "it is a situation that we are sorry for, but there are those, what to do, we will deal with it".</p> <p> <strong>See also</strong>: New yellow warning for rains and storms in Cyprus</p> <p>In a first assessment as part of the tour he carried out, Mr. Andronikou told us that "around 3-4 houses have been flooded to some extent. They are usually houses which are below street level. From tomorrow we will invite the District Administration and its officials to visit the area and record any damages these people have suffered so that they can be compensated.</p> <p>He noted that "I've been on my feet since 0430, we brought in municipal employees to help the people who had problems. You understand there wasn't much we could do, we brought a couple of excavators where they needed to help with the escape of rainwater and we hope that we won't have such amounts of rain again for such a long time.</p> <p> He stressed. how the fire department responded in some cases as you understand is difficult. The whole area is flooded, not only the community here, and usually the fire department responds where there is a danger to lives,», he concluded.</p> <p>In the province of Larnaca  the Fire Service received 33 calls, whose members proceeded to extricate an elderly woman who was trapped in her home, pump water from houses and yards, from buildings and basements, open rainwater drains, tow vehicles, extricate drivers, and move of trees uprooted by strong winds.</p> <p> The bulk of the problems were located in the area of ​​Dromolaxia Meneu since it rained torrentially from midnight until 0900 in the morning.</p> <p> There are 3 rainwater pumping crews in Larnaca and a rescue vehicle that specializes in extricating citizens.</p> <p> In the free province of Famagusta, the Fire Service received eight calls for help from 6 am.</p> <p> The incidents involved pumping water from hotel basements. , opening rain gutters, saving lives, towing vehicles and pumping water from basements of houses.</p> <p> In the free province of Famagusta there are four crews working which staff there are 19 Firefighters. Civil Defense also has a workshop in the area with 10 people. </p> <p> Source: KYPE </p> <p><noindex></p> <div class=Source: www.sigmalive.com

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