# Storm and high wind

> Get indoors before the storm arrives, away from windows, and stay out from under trees, scaffolding and loose roofs.

A storm kills with what it throws: branches, tiles, scaffolding, glass, and with lightning that reaches ten kilometres ahead of the rain. Thunder you can hear means you are already in range, and the last minutes before the front is the worst time to be finishing anything outdoors.

## Βήμα βήμα
1. When a warning comes, bring in or tie down everything loose: furniture, trampolines, bins, and park the car away from trees.
2. Charge phones and powerbanks, and know where your torch is before the lights go out.
3. During the storm stay inside, away from windows, best in an inner room. Keep children and pets in.
4. Hear thunder outdoors: get into a building or a hard-topped car. No shelter means crouch low in a hollow, feet together, away from lone trees, poles, fences and water.
5. Postpone driving. If it catches you, slow right down, hands firm on the wheel for the gusts, and never stop under trees or power lines.
6. After the front passes wait, most trees and tiles fall in the gusts after. Treat every downed cable as live, twenty metres of distance.
7. Damage without injury goes to the fire service line when the network calms, injuries and immediate danger go to 112 now.

## Ποτέ μην κάνεις αυτό
- Never shelter under a tree in a thunderstorm, and never keep the golf round, the harvest run or the roof job going for one more minute.
- Never touch downed lines or anything they touch, wires, fences, puddles.
- Never go for a look at the sea or the riverbank in a storm. Waves take people from piers every year.

## Κάλεσε τις υπηρεσίες έκτακτης ανάγκης αν
- Anyone injured by lightning, falling debris or glass. Lightning victims are safe to touch, start CPR if needed.
- A tree or structure fallen on a person, vehicle or occupied house.
- A downed power line, and fire caused by a strike.

## Αριθμοί έκτακτης ανάγκης
112 - Ενιαίος ευρωπαϊκός αριθμός έκτακτης ανάγκης

## Συχνές ερωτήσεις
### How far away is the lightning?
Count seconds from flash to thunder and divide by three for kilometres. Under thirty seconds means take shelter now, and stay there thirty minutes after the last thunder.

### Is a car safe in a thunderstorm?
A hard-topped car is good protection, the metal shell carries the current around you. Park away from trees, keep hands off metal parts and radio aerials. Convertibles, bikes and tractors do not count.

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Source: https://emergency-cards.com/el/kakokairia/
Reviewed: 2026-07-26