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Bad weather “Medea” is approaching with threatening spirits and is expected to hit the country hard starting Saturday, as the state prepares feverishly.
EMY issued an emergency bulletin on the worsening of the weather, while GG Civil Protection gave instructions to citizens. Bad weather is expected to bring heavy cold and snow across the country, including in Athens.
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It is recalled that the first wave of bad weather is expected on Saturdays and Sundays, while on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the phenomena are expected to spread throughout almost the entire country.
Given the imminent snowfall, a wide meeting was held in Civil Protection, dependent on the Ministry of Civil Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis and the Undersecretariat of State for Civil Protection and Crisis Management Nikos Hardalia, which focused on coordination mainly at the regional level and on monitoring all actors.
It is noted that a second broad meeting is scheduled for Sunday in order to review the situation.
In today’s meeting, priority was given to the presentation of the particularities of each region by the 13 regional governors, who participated through a videoconference, as well as the other bodies, in order to ensure coordination, so that any problem that arises is addressed. immediately and effectively.
The topic that also occupied the meeting is the topic of vaccines, mainly the elderly of the mountainous areas, who will not be easy and safe to move through the snow, something that, as Mr. Chrysochoidis said, will be decided in the coming hours.
However, what is being discussed, according to Civil Protection sources, is delivery of scheduled vaccines a few days later, until the bad weather passes, but the technical details will be decided in cooperation with the special committee.
It is observed that the meeting took place in the Civil Protection Operations Center (Faros building), in the presence of the Vice Minister of the Interior in charge of Local Government Affairs, Stelios Petsas, of the Vice Minister despite the Prime Minister of the Minister of State, Theodorou Livaniou and the government representative, Christos Tarantilis.
Mr. Chrysochoidis pointed out to the attendees the need for greater “vigilance-readiness-cooperation”, while emphasizing that citizens in the coming days should be very careful, avoid any unnecessary movement and be equipped with anti-skid chains if they move. with car.
In statements after the meeting, he stressed: “We expect, according to meteorologists, very cold snow, with a lot of frost, a phenomenon particularly, apparently, intense με Please do not move or restrict your movements as much as possible.” these days to come.
Those of you who are required to travel carry anti-skid chains with you. “For the love of God, do not use the emergency lane (READ) because it can create problems.”
Then he stressed that the entire state mechanism will be on foot to ensure free and unhindered traffic, tomorrow it will be decided what will happen to the traffic of trucks and concluded: “That it is well, it is snowing, it will pass.”
The meeting was also attended by the Secretary General of Civil Protection, Vassilios Papageorgiou, the National Commander of Civil Protection, Theodosios Dimakogiannis and the General Director of Coordination of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, Phoebus Theodorou.
In addition, the Secretary General of Infrastructure of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport participated, George Karagiannis, the 13 governors of the country through a teleconference, the president of EKAB, Nikos Papaefstathiou, the Chief of the Fire Brigade, Lieutenant General Stefanos Kolokouris and the Commander of the Joint Center for the Coordination of Operations and Crisis Management (ESKEDIK), Lieutenant General Spyros varsamis, representatives of the Hellenic Police, the director of the National Meteorological Service (EMY), Theodoros Kolydas, as well as the concessionaires for the management of the National Road Network and HEDNO.
The General Secretariat of Civil Protection advises citizens to take special care, taking measures to protect themselves from the dangers derived from the occurrence of severe weather events.
It also points out that citizens can be informed daily about the evolution of extraordinary meteorological phenomena in the periodic EMY meteorological reports and on the EMY website at the electronic address www.emy.gr.
For information and announcements on the prevailing situation and the passability of the road network due to the entry of flood waters into it or due to snowfall and frost, citizens can visit the EL.AS website. www.astynomia.gr.
For more information and instructions for self-protection from severe weather conditions, citizens can visit the website of the General Secretariat for Civil Protection at www.civilprotection.gr.
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