Parts of Cyprus, and mainly coastal areas and mountainous areas are expected to experience heavy thunderstorms and strong winds overnight on Sunday.
In a yellow warning the Department of Meteorology said that “a combination of rain, isolated heavy thunderstorms and near gale to gale southwesterly winds, of a force 7 to 8 Beaufort gusting up to 9 Beaufort are expected to affect the island at times and mainly the coastal areas and the windward mountainous areas.”
Rainfall rate is locally likely to exceed 35 mm per hour.
The warning is valid between 1900 hours on Sunday and 0800 hours on Monday local time.