March 4, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning over the weekend with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms and locally dense snowfalls. The barometric low will affect mainly the West and the North of the country on Saturday and Sunday, March 5-6. According latest forecast by the National Observatory of Athens, …
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February 28, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece National Meteorological Service EMY updated on Monday its weather warning on bad weather front “Bianca.” EMY said in the update that the barometric low “Bianca” has already moved northeast and the intense weather phenomena show on Monday a temporary weakening. However, there is a new deterioration from Tuesday, March …
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February 27, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Bad weather front Bianca stroke northern Greece with heavy snowfalls and ice conditions that forced authorities to ban trucks from Egnatia Odos highway and motorists to use snow chains on Sunday. Traffic was banned on many rural roads around Thessaloniki, Chortiatis-Agios Vassilios and Melissochori-Oreokastro due to adverse weather conditions. The …
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February 21, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning on Monday morning of the upcoming bad weather front with main features being heavy rain- and snowfalls, thunderstorms, temperature drop and strong northern winds blowing withe 8 Beaufort. The bad weather front is forecast to reach Greece on Monday night, February 21, …
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February 7, 2022
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Monday about weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, dense snow falls, significant temperature drop by 8-10 Degrees Celsius and powerful winds of up to 10 Beaufort. The powerful winds will start in the north Ionian Sea, they will later …
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January 31, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Monday noon drawing attention to an upcoming bad weather front with main features heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, dense snowfalls and stormy winds of intensity 8 to 9 Beaufort. The bad weather front is forecast to start on Tuesday noon, February …
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January 28, 2022
weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning on Friday due to weather deterioration with main features heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, locally dense snowfalls and gale-force winds with intensity 8 to 9 Beaufort. Mostly affected by the bad weather front forecast to hit from Friday night until Sunday noon, Jan …
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January 27, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
Τhe office of the Public Prosecutor in Athens investigates the multi-day power outages in several areas of Attica in the midst of a snow weather, low temperatures and frost. Investigation is to determine whether the offense of disturbing the operation of an utility has been committed. The order for the …
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January 26, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered a “personal and sincere apology to our fellow citizens that underwent hardship for many hours, trapped in Attiki Odos,” on Wednesday. “There are very clear responsibilities of the concessionaire for the way that it handled this latest snowstorm. These will be fully investigated based …
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January 25, 2022
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Motorway operator Attiki Odos on Tuesday accepted the resignation of its CEO, Bill M. Halkias, after hundreds of motorists were trapped on the company’s tolled highway around Athens in the Elpida snowstorm. In a company statement, Halkias, CEO of the company since 1999, stated that the last motorists had been freed …
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January 25, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix, weather
Dozens of people and vehicles remain stranded on Attiki Odos ring road of Athens still early Tuesday afternoon, as Army, Fire Bridges and Police try to evacuate them. After having been trapped in a car struck in snow for over 26 hours, five people suffered hypothermia and were taken to …
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January 24, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix, weather
The Greek government declared Tuesday, January 25, a public holiday for the public and private sector due to the extreme snow weather conditions. The public holiday is valid in six regions in central and south Greece. Climate Crisis and Civil Protection minister Christos Stylianides announced late on Monday that the …
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January 24, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix, weather
The head of the Athens Prosecutor’s Office has ordered an investigation on Monday evening into the failures of Attiki Odos highway ring road of Greek capital Athens as hundreds of motorists remain stranded in the snow since the morning. For a distance to cover in 20 minutes they need over …
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January 24, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Heavy snow has been falling in Attica and the Greek capital Athens since the morning as the second wave of snow and cold snap weather front ELPIS set in. The public transport network has almost collapsed, major roads have been closed to traffic or endlessly jammed, motorists are trapped in …
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January 23, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s Civil Protection has sent SMS to residents of several regions across the country on Sunday evening warning them to avoid “unnecessary movement” in the next 48 hours due to dense snow falls. Using the EU-wide emergency number , the Civil Protection warned in Greek and English people in parts …
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January 23, 2022
FEATURED, weather
A not so often phenomenon on the Cyclades islands in the central Aegean Sea: Snow! Famous landscapes on Mykonos, Santorini, Amorgos, Tinos have been covered with a white carpet and the scenery reminds anything but bright sun, endless blue sea and sandy beaches. Syros, Sifnos and Andros via syrrospress Thrilled …
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January 12, 2022
FEATURED, weather
Bad weather front “Diomedes” is sweeping across Greece with dense snowfalls and heavy rainfalls, low temperatures and frost, causing problems mainly in central and northern Greece, where areas have been flooded and snow has closed many regional roads. Since Tuesday evening, the Civil Protection dispatched 100 machines to remove snow …
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December 18, 2021
weather
Bad weather front Carmel has brought snow in Athens even at low altitudes of 300 meters. Carmel is pounding central and south Greece with snow, freezing temperatures and ice cold winds since Friday afternoon. Several villages on Evie without electricity. Snow has been heavily falling in North-West Attica and authotiries …
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December 16, 2021
weather
National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a weather warning on bad front named Carmel forecast to hit Greece and the broader south-east Mediterranean basin with dense snowfalls, heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, gale-force wind of 9 Beaufort and high waves. Carmel is coming from Russia and the weather deterioration will be particularly …
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December 15, 2021
weather
The first snow of this winter started to fall on the Mount Parnitha in the north of Athens since Tuesday and cameras captured deer at an altitude of 1,050 meters. Traffic has been party halted in the area. Video: Dense snowfall on Mt Parnitha – Location: Bafi refuge Videos: Deer …
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