January 25, 2022
Very Mix
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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March 19, 2021
weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Friday noon. the weather deterioration will be of relative short duration, and the main features of the bad weather front will be heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, powerful winds and snowfalls, locally dense. ΣΕ ΛΙΓΟ ΕΚΔΟΣΗ #ΕΚΤΑΚΤΟΥ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΥ ΑΠΟ #ΕΜΥ Επιδείνωση …
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February 18, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
Some 8 to 10 thousands households in northern Athens and the region of Attica remain without power on Thursday noon, many of them since Monday night. In addition, many have no water as the supply is directly connected to electricity operation. Furthermore, fallen trees on roads and vehicles and electricity …
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February 16, 2021
weather
Snow is the number one topic on Greek social media on Tuesday with thousands of Athenians posting pictures and footage of the white winter wonderland. they went out with their kids and dogs, played snowball-war and formed snowmen. People posted pictures of their dogs enjoying snow #white stuff good#Athens#χιονι pic.twitter.com/wqwYbmzKkU …
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February 16, 2021
FEATURED, Social, weather
Two people lost their lives in Evia and Crete as the heavy snow weather conditions prevented rescue teams from be on the spots in time. Late Tuesday afternoon it became known that another elderly lost his life in Evia due to extensive power outage. An 80-year-old man in Evia died …
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February 16, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, weather
Thousands of households in dozens of suburbs in Athens are without electricity for over 14 hours, some even without water. Public transport in Greek capital collapsed due to snowfall that is claimed to be the “heaviest in the last 15 years.” Covid-19 vaccinations have been suspended. Supermarkets will close at …
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February 15, 2021
weather
Snow and freezing temperatures also in capital Athens have paralyzed the Greek south mainland after police ordered the closure of the south part of the national highway connecting the Greek capital with the north of the country. Police closed the national network from the Kalyftaki junction in Kato Kifissia, subrub …
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February 14, 2021
weather
Snow weather front called “Medea” has been sweeping across Greece with heavy snowfalls and freezing temperatures. First regions to be affected are the western, central and eastern Macedonia, Central Greece where temperatures plunged to -12.7° Celsius in Kastoria, -12.6°C in Kozani, -10.7°C in Florina. A man walks past a statue …
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February 11, 2021
FEATURED, weather
Greece’s National Meteorological Service issued a weather Red Alert on Thursday warning of dense snowfalls, sharp temperature drop up to 18 degrees Celsius and winds reaching up to 10 Beaufort in the coming days. Barometric low “Medea” is forecast to strike the country initially from the West and the North …
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January 26, 2021
FEATURED, weather
A new cold weather front with heavy rainfalls and storms, snowfalls even at low altitudes, gale-force winds up to 8-9 Beaufort and temperature drop of up to 12 degrees Celsius reached the western parts of Greece on Tuesday morning. The wave of bad weather, which will grip the entire country …
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