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Greece Braces for Huge Sahara Sand Cloud
A huge Saharan dust cloud, measuring up to 800 kilometers (500 miles) in length, is moving towards Greece, meteorologists warned on Monday.
Greece
Greece Split in Half: Snow in the North, Warm in the South
Greece has been split in half since Saturday in terms of its weather conditions, with snow in the north and warm temperatures in the south.
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Hurricanes Will No Longer Have Greek Names, Says Meteorological Body
The Greek alphabet will no longer be used to name hurricanes after the normal list of names is exhausted, according to a WMO decision.
Greece
PM Mitsotakis Pledges “We Must do Better” Regarding Power Outages
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and President Katerina Sakellaropoulou spoke together on Friday about the lessons learned this week after the power outages.
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Greece’s Government Under Fire Over Snowstorm Blackout
Opposition parties in Greece launched an all-out attack against the government over its handling of the chaos following the snowstorm that hit the country.
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Record Low Temperatures Remain in Greece as Power in Athens Restored
Record low temperatures were recorded in Greece on Wednesday during the second phase of the cold front Medea. The snow storm left Athens covered in snow.
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Snow Storm Departs Athens, Leaving Suburbs in Darkness
The snow storm "Medea," which left Athens covered in snow Tuesday, passed through the city on Wednesday and is making its way toward Crete. The winter storm has left over 40,000 homes in Attica, especially in Athens' suburbs, without electricity...
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Winter Storm Provides Rare Glimpse of Snowy Athens
The Winter storm "Medea" left Athens, including the city's ancient sites, blanketed in snow on Tuesday. Featuring a thick layer of white, fluffy snow, the Greek capital's famed monuments and neighborhoods have taken on a new beauty which only adds...
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Parts of Greece Left Without Power, Three Dead as Heavy Snow Storm Hits
While heavy snowfall across the country has resulted in beautiful, wintry scenes, it has also caused major problems in Greece, especially in Attica, the home to Greece's capital city of Athens. Many of Attica's residents, as well as those living...
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Snow Blankets Athens Causing Traffic Havoc
A thick layer of snow covered Athens on Monday night creating havoc in the Greek capital.
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Snowfall Shuts Down Main Highway as Freezing Temperatures Grip Greece
Heavy snowfall which has made driving conditions very hazardous led Greek authorities on Monday morning to close the Athens-Thessaloniki highway just north of the Greek capital. The northern suburbs of Athens, particularly Drosia, Dionysus, and Agios Stefanos, have already recorded...
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Cold Front “Medea” Approaches Athens, Leaves Northern Greece Snowy
After touching down in northern Greece on Saturday, the cold front Medea has continued to bring down temperatures across the country on Sunday. The cold front, which has blanketed much of northern Greece in snow, originated as cold masses of...
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Cold Front Medea Brings Snow to Northern Greece
After a period of unseasonably warm weather across the country, the cold front "Medea" brought frigid temperatures and snowfall to northern Greece on Saturday. Currently, snowfall and ice-cold temperatures have been recorded across Northern Greece, particularly in Florina, Kozani, Kastoria,...
Greece
Vaccination Platform Now Open to 75-79 Year Old Greek Citizens
The platform for coronavirus vaccinations for all those Greek citizens who are between the ages of 75-79 opened on Friday as the nation grapples with the storm "Medea," which will bring snow, rain and high winds to the country. An...
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Greece Braces for Cold Front Medea
Greece is bracing for the cold front Medea which will bring very low temperatures throughout the country until at least the middle of next week. The forecast of the National Observatory of Athens weather service meteo.gr on Thursday stated that cold masses...