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After hitting the southern part of Greece all day on Thursday with snowfall and falling temperatures, the wave of bad weather called ‘Filippos’ is expected to return even more violent in the following hours in other areas of the country, according to forecasts. of weather forecasters.
Malakasa, Afidnes and many villages outside Athens, are covered with snow, while on the island of Evia, there are mountainous areas where the snow went to over one meter.
Sotirios Dedas, resident of Afidnes: It is very difficult, because the road is uphill, we have ice, we can not get out. Snow chains, we are not used to using, now we are moving without chains.
Authorities have closed schools in northern Athens and the western and central regions of Greece due to the weather.
Costas Kravaritis: The roads have not been cleared yet, the snow, as you can see in my car here, is almost half a meter, I got out of the car with a lot of difficulty.
Also in the Attica region, authorities blocked heavy vehicles from entering the country’s main highway connecting Athens with the north of the country, and all other vehicles were allowed only if they had chains, to prevent a recurrence of the recent January incident. this year, when thousands of vehicles and citizens were stuck for hours in the snow, on one of the main highways of the Greek capital and beyond.
While the wave of bad weather is expected to continue until Sunday with snowstorms mainly in the southern part of the country, in the Aegean and Crete, the National Weather Service has announced that March this year is the coldest of the last decade.
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