Bad weather “Medea”: Heavy snowfall also in Athens

Municipal Civil Protection services are waiting, as forecasts speak of a second wave of bad weather, more severe than the previous one.

In municipality of Dionysos There are areas that are without electricity and the municipal authority has mobilized so that the damages are repaired by the PPC crews. The blackout is mainly due to the trees., which cannot support the weight of the snow and fall or lean and cause a cable problem. “It is a difficult situation and we are doing everything possible,” the mayor of Dionysos, Giannis Kalafatelis, told APE-MPE, explaining: “The good thing was that we managed to keep the road network open.

Both the main road network, with the assistance of the Region, and the secondary one. The bad thing is that many trees fell. The reports we have are talking more than 250 trees, which cut power lines and therefore some areas have been left without power. The problem is serious, because at this moment there are hundreds of families who do not have electricity and are in danger of staying like this all night.

The PPC teams are working feverishly to restore power to these areas and have vowed to restore it. It will certainly be a difficult night, conditions will be difficult for the next two days, but the whole mechanism is in place and the levels of the municipality operate non-stop». Regarding the people who live alone and isolated in various parts of Dionysos, Mr. Kalafatelis highlighted: “The presidents of the municipal communities are aware of these cases and there is appropriate attention for what is needed.”

Falling trees is a problem faced by most municipalities in northern Attica, but also in the northern suburbs of Athens, such as in Municipality of Maroussi and in Municipality of PenteliBut even there the machines are constantly running so that no major problems arise. The same in the Municipality of Marathon, where attention has focused mainly on the Bernabé area, since there are heavy snowfalls and speaking with APE-MPE, Mayor Sergios Tsirkas stressed that: “We will be standing all night. whatever is needed “.

The situation is similar on the other side of Attica, in the municipality of Mandra-Eidyllia. The snow is intense mainly in Vilia, however the main roads remain open, while the Municipal Authority for security reasons closed the road that goes to the Kithairon refuge and Kryo Pigadi, at the height of Agios Georgios. “The snowplows are on the road and the people of the municipality will work all night,” says Deputy Mayor Panagiotis Koloventzos to APE-MPE and adds: “We will try to keep the main arteries open, however difficult it may be and in the morning deal with the smaller roads, which may have been closed. They supply us with salt and whenever there is a problem we will hurry immediately. “At least this year there has been no problem with the electricity supply, since last year with snowfall there were areas that were without electricity for five days.”

Things are calmer in the southern part of Attica, despite the fact that it snows there and the municipalities prepare for a difficult night. Speaking to APE-MPE, Lavreotiki Mayor Dimitris Loukas said: “No substantial problems arose, although the mountainous part of the municipality was under pressure. The machines are constantly pouring salt and we will work all night to keep the roads open. Afterwards Everything, whether it’s snowing or not, ice is always dangerous and needs attention. We’ll be on foot all night. “

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