Greece was hit by a new round of adverse weather over the weekend with, the National Meteorological Service (EMY) issuing an emergency bulletin warning of both mainland and islands affected.
The new storm front brought rain and thunderstorms early on Saturday in the west and north of the country and snowfall at high elevations.
Central and southern parts of the country were among those strongly impacted, with rains and thunderstorms in the Cyclades Islands, Crete, the Peloponnese, the East Aegean and the Dodecanese Islands.
Conditions were expected to continue exacerbating until early Sunday morning in these regions.
Furthermore, – scattered but gale-force winds were expected in the South Aegean overnight Saturday to Sunday.
Northerly winds of force 8 to 9 in the Ionian and the east were expected to ease on Sunday.In the mountainous and semi-mountainous areas heavy snowfall has continued, with denser snowfall at high elevations in North and Central Evia island, and the Peloponnese, while lower elevations of central Central Greece and Thessaly experienced brief snowfall too.
According to meteorologist Klearhos Maroussakis, the mix of adverse weather phenomena in Evia in particular could generate intense flooding combined with the melting of the snow in the coming days, brining “new woes” to the area only a few months after being ravaged by wildfires.
Meanwhile, the debate on a motion of censure against the government opened at Greek Parliament on Friday by SYRIZA deputies is expected to conclude on Sunday night, followed by a roll-call vote.
The censure motion was introduced on Thursday by Syriza leader Alexis Tsipras, who spoke of the snowstorm management amidst a series of crises including the pandemic and the price hikes, claiming that they “prove that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his government are ineffective and dangerous for the country.”
