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36 hours after a wave of bad weather called “Elpida” hit southern Greece, especially the outskirts of the capital, army forces, fire departments and rescue teams continue efforts to evacuate people trapped in their cars for more than 24 hours in the so-called Atiki Odos, the main ring of Athens, between snow and cold.
More than 3,500 people have been evacuated so far, some abandoning their cars on foot, while about 1,200 vehicles are still stranded on the road.
Christos Stylianidhis Minister of Civil Defense: “Last night was a very difficult night, we faced unprecedented situations and I want to express once again the apology of the state for the burden that our citizens faced.”
The Greek Prime Minister has stated that the private company that uses this road will pay 2000 euros for each citizen who remained stuck there, while the anger of the Greeks with numerous criticisms in the media and social networks for managing the situation by the state apparatus, has reached culminate.
Elena Karakoglou, piano teacher: “Once again we were not prepared. This is the evil of this country, we are never prepared. Since we knew the storm was coming why did we not have some snowplows here in downtown Athens? “It is the capital, we should have been better prepared.”
Many areas of the capital still do not have electricity and heating, most of the roads even in the center of Athens are impassable, dozens of broken trees have caused chaos, many hospitals have had supply problems leaving even patients without food.
Authorities have decided that just like Tuesday, Wednesday will be a holiday for the entire public sector in 6 suburbs of the country including Attica and Crete, while schools will remain closed. There was also a scene of chaos at the Athens airport, where in addition to the stranded passengers after the cancellation of over 200 flights, several dozen others were evacuated from the blocked highway.
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