More thunderstorms and strong winds are expected during the day on Friday in some parts of the island, but the severe weather will subside by late evening, the met office announced.
“We will have storms in some areas until late at night, when they will slowly recede to the east,” met officer Panayiotis Mouskos told the Cyprus News Agency, adding some hail is also a possibility.
“In the early hours of Saturday we may have some rain, but by midday afternoon the weather will improve.”
He said that before midday storms in the west and in southern regions are expected which will possibly affect the central plain.
Temperatures are forecast to reach 19C to 20C inland and in coastal areas and 10C in the mountains, which is normal for this time of the year.
The stormy weather is attributed to a low-pressure system dubbed ‘Penelope’.
‘Penelope’ does not affect all countries in the Eastern Mediterranean the same, Mouskos added. For example, Greece has low temperatures but unlike in Cyprus it hasn’t rained.
Strong winds uprooted trees, causing power cuts in various areas in Paphos on Thursday evening, as a rainstorm swept through the district.
On the old Paphos to Limassol road, at least three trees were uprooted, one of which slammed into a vehicle. The driver was unharmed.
The trees also fell on power cables, leading to outages. In some locations power cuts were caused by lightning strikes.
Heavy rain also fell in part of the Nicosia district.
The fire services rescued a person in a car which was immobilised on a flooded road in Kaimakli during the night. This vehicle and another two were towed away.
Rainwater also had to be pumped from a flooded basement in Aglantzia.
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