Tim this is true a mud slide did a lot of damage there, but fortunately no one was hurt, the Pafos area has suffered badly over the last seven days,

I was taken to some new expensive villas in Peyia near C/B and all there pools and patio's has slide down into a ravine, many of us including me have had electrical damage, I lost my broadband and Sky dish, many lost a lot more in a huge power surge, the thunder was amazing it never stopped rumbling all night with almost permanent lightning, frightning to the extreme and the worst storm I have ever been through in my life, anywhere in the world.

At this very moment 7.am Friday it is throwing it down, we need rain here but this is more than enough, I have hoisted the white flag, and for those that think the eastern med is always hot and sunny, well think again..

i was in coral bay local paper said it wasa hotel in paphos and guests had been relocated to coral bay,but in fact it was coral bay hotel.thunder storma were spectacular wednesday night.heard the rep talk to bus driver and a developer had £30000cyp. worth of damage to his villas.sorry jimbox must have brought the rain from sunderland with me!

what hotel was it, being as i didnt read which one it was . hope it didnt cause you to much damage .

Read about it here - 15th October in archive.

We visited Coral Bay last Friday and it was a bit of a mess. Met an old couple who despite a river down the middle of the road were determined to visit a taverne.

Told us they were evacuated after the furniture on the ground floor started to float out to sea.

fwh

Good grief - have just read this - our thoughts are with you all - must be terrible! I hope that things improve --------- I suppose us Brits at home often look at Cyprus through rose tinted glasses -----------

Hope everything settles for everyone --- its half term for us and I know just how much so many of us over here save and look forward to just a week over in Pafos --------------- hopefully the worst is over for everyone over there - holiday makers and locals

Sorry just realised I forgot to post link.

Click on this and archive for Oct 15th

fwh

http://www.cyprus-mail.com/news/

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006470847,00.html

the Hotel was the Coralia beach, near Coral Bay, but there has been far worse damage to private homes than this bit of mud.