Erminio tested Rhodes, Poros and Sikinos: Waves 3-4 metres high, gale-force winds and flooding, see videos

Greece has experienced an highly hard 24 hours owed to the “Erminio” atrocious weather, which deed galore areas of the state with peculiar severity.

Except for the Attica basin,, which was severely affected, islands specified as Rhodes, Poros, and Sikinos experienced the aggravated effects of the atrocious weather, including torrential rain and flooding.

Severe transition of atrocious upwind from Rhodes

More specifically, Rhodes experienced a hard evening arsenic the land was deed by gale-force southerly winds of up to 110 kilometres per hour. At the aforesaid time, arsenic ERT reported, waves successful the harbour were much than 3 metres high. In fact, the rushing waters overflowed successful the Municipal Units of Empona and Mandriko, portion successful galore areas, histrion falls and spot harm were recorded.

In fact, successful Rhodes, adjacent 112 was enforced to bounds travel. Specifically, soon earlier 11:00 p.m., a 112 was issued asking residents to bounds their question to the implicit minimum indispensable until Thursday morning

According to the aforesaid reports, astatine Diagoras airport, beardown winds caused dozens of flights to beryllium cancelled, with astatine slightest 10 charters changing people and heading to different destinations specified arsenic Kos and Antalya successful Turkey. Meanwhile, ships remained tied up owed to the unsafe winds.

It is noted that by determination of the South Aegean determination politician George Hadjimarkos, the cognition of each schoolhouse units, each acquisition levels, passim the Cyclades and the Dodecanese was suspended for today, Thursday, April 2, for the preventive extortion of nationalist safety.

Dark nighttime successful Poros too

Poros besides experienced highly hard times, with calls to the occurrence brigade topping 133. Flooding was recorded successful the area, portion 2 vehicles were swept distant by rushing water.

A tiny span collapsed, portion successful the Ashkeli area, cars were washed retired to sea. The occurrence brigade carried retired an cognition to rescue 2 aged people, arsenic good arsenic to pump h2o from flooded houses.

Flooding successful Sikinos, problems successful Hydra, and Kimolos

In Sikinos, basements and roads adjacent the larboard were flooded, portion akin images were recorded successful different areas of the Aegean, including Hydra and Kimolos. The waves reached the municipality fabric, causing harm to coastal areas and superior disruption to the regular lives of residents.

Watch the video from Sikinos:

According to kosnews24.gr, the aggravated atrocious upwind besides recorded the sinking of a vessel successful the larboard of Kos.

Due to the outbreak of terrible upwind successful the regions of Attica, Peloponnese, North Aegean, South Aegean, and Crete, from yesterday, Wednesday 01 April 2026, until the aboriginal greeting hours of today, Thursday 02 April, the Fire Brigade Operations Centre has received 674 calls for assistance.

In detail:

-In the Region of Attica, 483 calls, including 191 histrion felling, 168 h2o pumping, 91 removal of objects, and 33 rescues of persons

-In the Region of Peloponnese, 27 calls, including 5 histrion felling, 1 removal of an object, and 21 pumpings

-In the North Aegean Region, 14 calls, including 8 histrion felling and 6 pumping operations. In the South Aegean Region, 60 calls, including 28 histrion felling and 4 removal of objects

-In the Region of Crete, 90 calls, including 23 histrion felling and 6 removal of objects