Water cuts set for February despite wet forecast

TEMPERATURES are set to drop tomorrow and Friday, with rain in the outlook as well, weathermen said yesterday.

Speaking on CyBC television last night, Meteorological Services head Kyriakos Theofilou confirmed the weather would change tomorrow, with clouds forming in the sky from today.

“There will be rain with isolated storms on Thursday and Friday, as well as a dip in temperature,” he said.

Theofilou said the weather would begin to clear on Saturday with temperatures rising slightly.

Despite the wet forecast, Agriculture Minister Photis Photiou said yesterday water cuts would go ahead this year, starting in February. Stressing the increasing shortage of water in the island’s reservoirs, the minister said the water cuts would go ahead even if it rained within the following three months and urged the public to take personal measures not to squander water.

Photiou also said farmers would be compensated within the next couple of months for damages incurred during last week’s cold spell.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.