Authorities begin to count cost of storm damage

Authorities in the Paphos and Limassol districts on Sunday began to count the cost of the damage caused by Saturday night’s storms.

Teams from both districts’ governments began recording the damage as early as Saturday night, with cabinet set to determine a final figure to be paid out to those impacted in the form of financial assistance based on those recordings.

Damage has already been reported to livestock farms in the Limassol district, with deputy district officer Elektra Panayiotou telling the Cyprus News Agency that farms in the villages of Pano Polemidia, Anogyra, Prastio, Avdimou, and other villages all reported storm damage.

Meanwhile, Kourion mayor Pantelis Georgiou said trees fell on houses and roof tiles flew off others in his municipality, with an electricity cable also falling into the road in front of his own car while he was driving.

However, the city of Limassol seems to have been largely spared any notable damage, with District Governor Yiannis Tsouloftas saying there were “no problems or incidents of flooding in the city”.

“When you carry out a €20 million flood project, you expect it to work,” he said.

In the Paphos district, Akamas mayor Marinos Lambrou said some banana plantations in and around the village of Kissonerga had been impacted by the strong winds, while Polis Chrysochous mayor Yiotis Papachristofi said there were “no particular problems” in his municipality.