Residents of Thessaly, Evia, the Sporades islands and Fthiotida received an <112> emergency alert message at 17:30 on Friday warning them of the upcoming storm ALEXANDROS in their areas in Central Greece.
The message of the Greek Civil Protection was warning them of “dangerous weather phenomena from Friday evening until Saturday noon,” urging them at the same time “to avoid unnecessary movement and to follow Authorities’ instructions.”
The whole of Greece has been in the grip of bad weather storm Alexandros since Friday afternoon, with the main characteristics being severe storms and the rapidity with which the phenomena are developing.
Evia is expecting the onset of serious bad weather and the Municipality of Kymi is on increased alert for extreme phenomena in the region
Problems have already been caused in Ioannina, Epirus, while roads have been flooded in Athens and Attica since the afternoon following a 15-minute rainstorm.
Meteorologist Giorgos Tsatraphyllias expressed his concern about the bad weather with extreme high rainfall and stormy northerly winds.
In a post on his social media account, he pointed out at the prefecture of Magnisis, the city of Volos and villages of Mt. Pelion, the Sporades islands, especially Skopelos and Skiathos, Central and Northern Evia and Fthiotida. “I implore you to take care of your lives!” he stressed.
According to estimations of the Civil Protection of Thessaly a high volume of rain will fall in the night of Friday until the dawn on Saturday, especially in the eastern parts of Pilio, the area of Almyros and the coast of Larissa..
Heavy snowfall in Vailitsa, Samarina and Pisodendri, western Macedonia.
According to latest news, residents of Volos are on high alert and those near the Kravidona river, they literally seal the doors to their homes with aluminum sheets, local taxydromo.gr reported, recalling that they were badly affected by the over flooding river in the last heavy storm.
Earlier on Friday, Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a RED ALERT – the highest category level – warning about the severe storm Alexandos and the areas forecat to be mostly affected. Details by KTG HERE.
