That warm day of August the sky was crystal clear in Kymi and nothing gave the wild outburst of the weather that would follow. This area is facing the open Aegean Sea. The landscape is wild, with mountains and vertical shores beside the sea. Most days of the year the sea is agitated with enormous waves, due to the strong winds.

Troubled night

After the dusk, when the weather got more calm and the wind stopped entirely blowing, everyone went out to have a lunch or for a walk at Kymi's port.

The taverns were full of people and so were the very famous patisseries of the town.

In the evening, while people were casually eating, there came a sudden strong wind which tipped over the tables and stripped out the tavern shelters.

After a while, the sky was filled with heavy clouds that were being lighted by continuous lightnings.

Every flash was revealing scenes that seemed to come out of black and white horror films, with the sea being literally crashed down by the sky.

The quiet and starry summer night had turned into a hazy battlefield within a few minutes, forcing the families to get back home in a hurry.

Morning revelation

The night was very troubled, with heavy rain and lightnings almost every second.

At the first dim light of the morning the rain had kind of subsided, but the wind kept blowing furiously.

The sticking up landscape was totally different to that of the previous day and a neighboring river had overflowed and it had become one with the sea.

The beach had been covered by water and you could see nothing but the pole of a beach umbrella springing out of the sea.

The waves were crashing and the waters were travelling a long distance until they end up to the outfall of the river.

It is a unique feeling for someone to walk on a beach that's vanishing under the foaming waters and rotating like a periscope around himself and seeing nothing but sea all around, as if he is on an island covered by the tide.

Not having any stable reporting system to help him define his exact position and feeling dizzy by the water surface surrounding him, as it keeps moving in various directions.
TEXT-PHOTOS: GEORGE ZAFEIROPOULOS
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