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The secretary general issued a warning for dangerous weather events. Civil Protection, calling on citizens to take special care.
The announcement was made due to severe weather that will hit many parts of the country from Monday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon. The main characteristics will be heavy rains and thunderstorms that will be accompanied by local hail and stormy winds from the south.
The Secretary General Civil Protection urges the citizens of Attica, Macedonia and Thrace, Ionian Islands, Epirus, Western and Eastern Esterea, Western and Eastern Peloponnese, Evia, Thessaly, Cyclades, Crete, Eastern Aegean Islands and Dodecanese to be especially careful. instructions and specifically:
- Avoid any unnecessary movement in adverse weather conditions and secure your doors and windows well, always taking into account in case of torrents, move to the highest points of the house.
- Do not cross streams, streams, or flooded roads for any reason, on foot or by vehicle, if you are in this position. Without reason.
- In any case, follow the relevant announcements in the media and follow the instructions of the authorities.
The Secretary General for Civil Protection has informed the competent state services involved, as well as the regions and municipalities of the country, so that they are more fully available for civil protection, in order to immediately address the effects of the occurrence of severe weather phenomena .
Citizens are also urged to exercise extreme caution and take steps to protect themselves from the dangers posed by the occurrence of severe weather events.
In particular, in areas where heavy rains, thunderstorms, or hurricane-force winds are forecast:
- Secure items that, if swept away by severe weather, could cause damage or injury.
- Make sure gutters and gutters in houses are not blocked and are working normally.
- Avoid crossing streams and streams, on foot or by vehicle, during storms and rain, but also for several hours after the end of your event.
- Avoid field work and activities in the sea and coastal areas during severe weather (risk of lightning strikes).
- Take immediate precautions during a hail storm. Take cover in a building or car and do not leave the safe area until you are sure the storm is over. Hail can also be very dangerous for animals.
- Avoid passing under large trees, under hanging signs, and generally in areas where light objects (eg flowerpots, broken glass, etc.) can break off and fall to the ground (eg under balconies). .
- Faithfully follow the instructions of the locally competent bodies, such as Traffic, etc.
How the category will move
The front that will cause the climate change is located in front of the Ionian in the early hours of Monday afternoon.
The satellite image released by Meteo shows the front at 3:55 p.m. Greek time, while areas where storms occur are marked with yellow asterisks.
In the next few hours, local rains or thunderstorms are expected in the west and north. From late at night until the early hours after midnight, Western Greece will be affected by very strong phenomena in some places, which will take the form of a front. The probability of hail is very high.
During the passage of the storm front from the Ionian, the southerly winds will show a temporary reinforcement at 8-9 Beaufort.
By Tuesday night, the effects will extend further east, affecting the continental parts of the country, while on Tuesday the strongest phenomena will be located in central and eastern Macedonia, Thrace and the islands of the northern and eastern Aegean. At the same time, the rains and storms will persist in western Greece.
As for Attica, showers and thunderstorms are expected in the early hours of the morning and Tuesday morning, while the effects can be temporarily intense.
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