Athens, Greece
Athens in Greece was left knee-deep in water after torrential rain caused flooding in central and western parts of the city. Local media say as much as 14 cm of rain fell in just 90 minutes on Friday. Emergency services received over 600 calls as hundreds of homes and businesses were inundated. The worst affected areas were Peristeri, Ilion, Perama, Menidi, Aegaleo, Aghioi Anargoiroi, Nikaia, Piraeus and Kamatero.
Remnants of Gonzalo flooded Athens, Greece. More than 300 cars were swept away, http://t.co/pKKkYlmBCJ pic.twitter.com/U22WhrsKcxHundreds of vehicles across the city were said to have been dragged away by flood water. In the suburb of Peristeri, the flooding was so severe that parked cars were dragged along on the torrent, ending in a pile up of around 30 vehicles.
- The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) October 26, 2014
Καταστροφικές πλημμύρες στην ανατολική Βουλγαρία - http://t.co/GkmtXWl5Z0 pic.twitter.com/6RrWvAvrtF
- 4news (@4newsgr) October 25, 2014
The severity of the flooding has prompted the Greek government to look into flood defences around the capital. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras has also announced compensation for those affected by the Athens floods.
Antalya, Turkey
Heavy rain also inundated the southern Turkish province of Antalya, according to CIHAN, the Turkish news agency.
The city of Manavgat was the worst affected by flash floods, which struck early on 25 October 2014. The heavy rain also increased levels of the Manavgat river which overflowed in some areas, which could mean more prolonged flooding in the district.
Yağmur Sel Afet Oldu Son 20 yılın en fazla yağmurun yağdığı Antalya, Alanya Manavgat başta olmak üzere afet yaşıyor pic.twitter.com/188ZXiwMWC
- Antalya Yasam (@Antalyasam) October 25, 2014
#manavgat da yağmur şiddetini artırıyor. pic.twitter.com/SzANkiJq30Rainfall Figures
- hsmsk (@simsekhalil07) October 25, 2014
According to WMO, in the 24 hour period between 25 and 26 October, Alanya in Antalya Province received 59 mm of rain and the city of Antalya 93.4 mm of rain.
Yesterday (26th October) two forum members and myself witnessed very unusual lightening off the coast of North Cyprus. . There had been rain during the day, but the lightening appeared to be more of an electrical storm that has been happening here at night for the past week.
However, out above the sea there was a part of the sky that lit up a strong red colour at each lightening strike. The red was behind a cloud but was strongly visible and this phenomenon continued occurring all the time we were able to give our attention to it - which was about 10 minutes. It looked like the distinct red hue was behind the cloud but also showing all around the perimeter outside from the cloud. The rest of the sky was unaffected.
Just mentioning as none of us had ever seen such an occurrence before. Obviously we are curious as to know what would have caused this.