News and articles about the weather and weather related issues in Cyprus.
The Police have prepared an action plan to deal with the public’s excursions to the snowy mountains over the weekend, as more cold weather is on its way.
It started snowing in the Troodos area yesterday morning and even though the weather is expected to be drier over the weekend, the temperatures are still expected to be quite low. Read the rest of this entry »
Continuing rainfall caused the Asprokremmos dam, the second largest on the island, to overflow yesterday.
With a capacity of 52.4 million cubic meters, Asprokremmos last filled back in 2004. Read the rest of this entry »
Total inflow of water in Cyprus’ dams in the past three days has reached 5.056 million cubic meters, according to data of the Department of Water Development.
In statements to CNA, Director of the Department of Water Development Kyriakos Kyrou said that the quantity of water that has flowed to the dams is satisfactory. Read the rest of this entry »
After a summer like week of sunshine and warm temperatures, it looks like the weather will be getting a little more unsettled for the long holiday weekend, which starts today.
Forecasters predict storms and showers across much of Cyprus, with the chance of more snow falling over the Troodos Mountains tonight and tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »
Torrential rains in the past three days have brought much needed water to dams, a total of five million cubic meters.
Water development official Faidros Roussis described the flow as very important, with the biggest at the Asprokremmos dam with one million 600 thousand cubic meters, with Arminou taking in 930 thousand and the Kourris dam, the largest in Cyprus, taking in 730 thousand cubic meters. Read the rest of this entry »