The Risk Assessment Committee met again today to discuss its development bad weather Athena, who arrived in our country on Monday night.
On this issue, the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, states in his post: “Heavy rains and storms will continue and intensify from tonight mainly in areas of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, as well as in the northern Aegean islands (Thassos, Samothraki, Limnos and ‘Ag. Efstratios)’.
At the same time, he notes that the General Secretariat for Civil Protection has informed all the bodies involved to be on high alert. More specifically, Mr. Kikilias stresses: “The Risk Assessment Committee met again today to address the evolution of the severe weather in Athens that has been affecting the country since yesterday. According to the Commission’s scientists, but also as indicated in the updated EMY Emergency Bulletin on Hazardous Meteorological Phenomena, heavy rains and storms will continue and intensify from tonight onwards, mainly in areas of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, as well as in the northern Aegean islands (Thassos, Samothraki, Limnos and Ag. Efstratios). The phenomena will be accompanied by high frequency of lightning, hail and strong winds. The General Secretariat for Civil Protection has informed the competent services, the OTAs and all the bodies involved, so that they are on maximum alert, in order to immediately deal with any problems that may be caused by dangerous meteorological phenomena”.
How bad weather will move
It should be noted that, according to the updated Emergency Bulletin for Hazardous Meteorological Phenomena (EDEK), issued today at 1:30 p.m. local time, the bad weather ATHENA accompanied by a barometric low in the Ionian Sea moves eastwards and affects the center and north of the continent as well as its northern and eastern Aegean islands with heavy rains and storms until Wednesday afternoon (11/09/24).
The phenomena will be accompanied by a high frequency of lightning, hail and strong gusts of wind.
In more detail:
Heavy rains and storms are forecast:
- Until Tuesday evening (09/10/2024) in Western Macedonia, Thessaly, Sporades and Euboea (mainly in the north). The phenomena are expected to be intense in places and times.
- From Tuesday night (24/09/10) until noon on Wednesday (24/09/11) in Central and Eastern Macedonia. The phenomena from Tuesday night (24/09/10) until noon on Wednesday (24/09/11) in Eastern Macedonia are expected to be particularly intense.
- From Tuesday night (24/09/10) until Wednesday afternoon (24/09/11) in Thrace and the North and Eastern Aegean islands. The phenomena on Tuesday night (09/10/24) and until noon on Wednesday (24/11) in Thrace and the North Aegean islands (Thassos, Samothraki, Agios Efstratios and Lemnos) are expected to be particularly strong, while in the Eastern Aegean islands it will be strong in some places and at intervals.
Citizens can be updated daily on the development of extraordinary weather phenomena in the regular EMY weather bulletins and on the EMY website at the online address www.emy.gr.