Greece confronts a deadly barrage from severe weather, with two deaths reported amid cascading rains, howling winds, and heavy snow. Red alerts dominate northern Greece and extend widely, signaling peak danger.
This low-pressure monster spurs massive lowland rains, storms ripping through, and snow piling in uplands. Attica joins five regions under red emergency, instructing all to remain homebound and follow alerts.
By Wednesday afternoon, central Athens and Attica drowned in excess rain, networks collapsing under water. ‘Beyond projections,’ said Dimitris Giakopoulos. ‘100 mm Spetses; 140+ mm Megara, Attica areas.’
Peloponnese’s Astros Kynourias port witnessed a coast guard perish in wave-pounded trauma to the skull. Glifada floods similarly doomed a woman in her swept-away auto.
Shuttings abound: schools in Attica et al., traffic jams everywhere pinning drivers, ferries idled coast-to-coast. Disruptions reveal the tempest’s broad stroke.
Expect January 22 woes: clouds, rain, thunder westwards, Cyclades-Crete-Dodecanese-Aegean, east Macedonia-Thrace. Strongholds: Aegean late AM, Dodecanese PM. Snow sprinkles central/north mountains.
Thursday dawn chills: -5°C Volakas-Nea Zichni-Parnassos; Vlasti -4°; Pontokerasia -3°; Drama -2°. In the storm’s wake, Greece mobilizes for recovery, stressing vigilance against nature’s unrelenting power.