Storm Damage: 183 Houses Affected, Tenfold Rainfall Amount
Authorities record damage to 183 residential houses due to extreme weather events on August 29. The meteorological authority reported that Cyprus received ten times the normal amount of rain in August – 30 millimeters instead of an average of 2.9 millimeters, representing an increase of 1034 percent. In the last three days alone, 22.5 millimeters of rain fell.