Fire service attends eight flood call-outs as yellow warning remains
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Autumn has arrived with its usual lack of subtlety. Emergency services responded to eight incidents in Larnaca and Famagusta after dawn storms prompted a yellow warning for hail and high winds.
US Ambassador John Breslow spent his morning aboard the USS Roosevelt, promising that military cooperation has a bright future; the 2028 presidential election has an even busier one. Despite the vote being years away, the Democratic Rally is already occupied by a leadership struggle between former leader Averof Neophytou and current president Annita Demetriou.
Elsewhere, residents of Mitsero protested against the local asphalt factory, and the Central Bank reminded the public that a reliable foreclosure framework is essential to resolve the island's mountain of non-performing loans. In Nicosia, a row continues over the correct title for the Turkish Cypriot mayor, a reminder that while the weather changes, the constitutional debate does not.