Greece was in the grips of snow and sub-zero temperatures, with heavy snowfall in northern and eastern Attica, leading to the closure of quite a few schools in the northern suburbs such as Dionyssos, Palea Penteli and Nea Penteli, while snowflakes even made their appearance in downtown Athens as well as Piraeus.
Several parts of the Attica road were closed, and snow chains were required for other sections. The upper part of Mount Parnitha has been closed to traffic since Monday, while temperatures in Athens were not expected to exceed 5C.
Certainly this does not sound alarming to some other countries that experience -30 C weather, but in Greece, this is cold!!!
Due to the extreme weather conditions, municipal authorities in Athens have opened up three buildings -that will operate on a 24-hour basis- for the homeless and which will provide shelter and warm beverages as well. A four-digit hot-line 1960 has also been activated so in case you come across someone in need of help, please call the number and authorities will be able to aid this person.
The Piraeus municipality has taken similar precautions, and from what was reported it opened up all its senior citizen centers (KAPI) to provide warmth and shelter to the city's homeless.
Other municipalities across the country have done the same.
In northern Greece, however, sub-zero temperatures have set in for a second day. In western Macedonia for instance, the thermometer fell to -6C, in Florina and Kozani it was -5C, while in other areas of central and eastern Macedonia such as Kilkis, Veria, Thessaloniki, Polygyros, etc., temperatures ranged between -2 to -5C. The biggest dive, however, was in Nevrokopi, where the temperature plunged to -10C early Tuesday.
Stay warm frappers!
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