When the North Wind (Boreas) really takes control in Greece in winter look out. The “Devouring One” as the Ancient Greek god of the north wind was known, proved particularly potent in the company of the Medea weather front this week.
A girl is poses before an ice-enshrouded plein tree on the promenade along the shores of Lake Pavrotis in Yiannina on Monday,15 February. The plein trees that line the promenade were covered with ice in the wake of the cold front Medea that struck Greece this week . Extremely low temperatures were recorded in the northern parts of the country. Photo: Dimitria Rakousis/EPA
Greece experienced extreme cold conditions that will long be remembered not only for the extreme winter weather for the unusual winter landscape that resulted. While the Parthenon and the rest of Athens were festooned in snow, other parts of Greece also experienced the frosty hand of Medea.
Neos Kosmos brings you a collage of images of what the rest of Greece looked like when the Boreas was fully unleashed by the Medea weather front that came in from the north.
The first wave of the Medea weather system was fully underway in Greece on 14 February and it brought snow and icy conditions to many parts of the country including cities on the coast, such as Kavala and Thessaloniki.
Cold day for lovers. A red balloon, covered in snow, reading in Greek ‘I love you’, hangs outside a shop in Kavala in northern Greece on Valentine’s Day. Photo: Laskaris Tsoutsas/EPAA view of the White Tower covered with snow in Thessaloniki, Greece, on Sunday, February 14. “Medea” will long be remembered for the strong winds and heavy snowfalls that came in its wake. Photo: AP Photo/Giannis PapanikosFishing vessels are festooned in snow at the harbour in Kavala on 14 February. Photo: Laskaris Tsoutsas/EPAA Greek beach but not as we know it. A woman takes pictures of her family lying on a snowy beach in the coastal suburb of Lagonissi, near Athens, on Tuesday,16 February. Photo: EPA/Yannis KolesidisThe sun sheds light on the snow that fell on Dionysos, Attica on Wednesday, 17 Feburary. A motorist works hard to scrape the snow off this car. Photo: Michalis Karagiannis/EurokinissiA crew clear debris with a snow tractor is put to good use near Dionysos on 17 February. Photo: Michalis Karagiannis/EurokinissiYiayia in Dionysos does not look too pleased with all the snow at her gate. Photo: Michalis Karagiannis/Eurokinissi
