Filenews 11 December 2025 - by Despina Psyllou
The Pedieos River in Nicosia is flowing after months of drought. A torrent ends at the beach of Agia Triada in Paralimni, colouring the sea red. Streets and houses in all cities were filled with muddy water, as the bad weather Byron pounded our island.
However, despite the floods, the dams of Cyprus remain empty, currently having minimal water reserves.
Hope remains alive, however, as the officer of the Department of Meteorology, Andreas Chrysanthou, points out to "F" that the rains are not over yet. In fact, it is possible that they will accompany us until Christmas, possibly even after them.
We covered up to 57% of the rain for December (based on the measurements the day before yesterday), pointed out Mr. Chrysanthou. "The rains gave us 60 millimeters of water out of the 105 in December, reaching 50% of the entire hydrological year."
The rains, however, are expected to be limited from today, as the low barometric Byron weakens.
The weather clears until Sunday afternoon, when we are expected to be affected by "a new - short - disturbance, which is predicted to give rain and storms until Tuesday. Of course, everything is changeable," he underlined.
In relation to the discouraging influx into the dams, Mr. Chrysanthou pointed out that the land was thirsty from the prolonged drought and that water scarcity makes it difficult to store water.
A similar position was expressed by the senior executive engineer of the Water Development Department, Gianna Oikonomidou, who noted that the soil "has not yet been saturated" after the long period of drought.
The inflow of water into the dams in the last 24 hours amounted to 67,000 cubic meters, while from October 1 until today the total inflow reaches 948,000 cubic meters.
He also underlined that the quantities of water in the previous 24 hours were proportional to the daily consumption.
As for the total occupancy of the dams, it remains at only 9.4% (from 25.4% last year).
Of the 290,804 million. cubic meters of water, which is their total capacity, today they have 27,474 million. m² of water, from 73,950 million. m² of water last year.
Destruction in the occupied territories
The occupied areas are facing serious problems from the bad weather Byron. The brand new so-called "presidential complex" as well as the building of the so-called "parliament" were flooded. Roads turned into torrents, cars sank in muddy water.
One dam in Kioneli overflowed, further complicating the situation, with the occupied territories being placed in a state of emergency.
Regarding, however, the overflow of the dam in Kioneli, Ms. Oikonomidou noted that this has to do on the one hand with the heaviest rainfall that has occurred in the last few days in the area and on the other hand with its capacity.
The phenomena subside for a while
Today the weather will remain mostly cloudy, while local rains and isolated thunderstorms are expected, mainly at noon and after, while hail is also possible.
On the peaks of Troodos it is possible that sleet or even snow will fall, without lying. Strong winds of up to 5 Beaufort will blow in the area.
The temperature will rise to around 17 degrees inland, around 19 on the coast and around 8 degrees in the higher mountains.
On Friday and Saturday, the weather will improve noticeably, while clouds will be observed at times. On Sunday the weather will be cloudy, while in the west in the afternoon there may be isolated rains, which will intensify into thunderstorms.
