Weather: Be careful in the next few hours, advises Civil Protection – 2024-02-25 13:19:22

Heavy rains, storms and hail are expected in the next few hours according to the emergency worsening weather bulletin issued by the EMY. The bad weather will affect the early hours of Monday and Attica.

The General Secretariat of Civil Protection recommends that citizens be especially careful and take appropriate self-protection measures.

Particularly:

• To secure objects which, if carried away by severe weather conditions, may cause damage or injury.
• Make sure that the gutters and downspouts of the houses are not blocked and are working properly.
• Avoid crossing torrents and streams, on foot or by vehicle, during storms and rainfall, but also for several hours after the end of their event
• Avoid outdoor work and activities in marine and coastal areas during severe weather events (risk of lightning strikes).
• Take shelter immediately during a hailstorm. Take shelter in a building or car and do not leave the safe area until they are sure the storm has passed. Hail can be very dangerous for animals too.
• Avoid passing under large trees, under posted signs and in general areas where light objects (e.g. pots, broken glass, etc.) can become detached and fall to the ground (e.g. under balconies) .
• To faithfully follow the instructions of the local authorities, such as Traffic, etc.

EMY’s emergency bulletin

The intense phenomena that will start from the west will quickly spread to the central and eastern mainland, the Cyclades and Crete and gradually to the islands of the eastern Aegean and the Dodecanese.

The phenomena will be accompanied by strengthened southeasterly winds of intensity 7 and locally in the Ionian 8 Beaufort and possibly by hail.

More detail:

Heavy rain and storms are forecast:

On Sunday (25-02-24) from the evening hours in the Ionian Islands, western and southern Peloponnese and western Crete.

On Monday (26-02-24):

• From the early hours of the morning in central Macedonia, Thessaly (mainly in the east), eastern Sterea (temporarily including Attica), the Cyclades, Crete (mainly in the south), the Peloponnese and temporarily in Evia and the Sporades with gradual weakening of the phenomena from the afternoon.
• From the midday hours, the islands of the eastern Aegean (from Chios and further south) and the Dodecanese will be affected.

Her Tuesday (27-02-24) the intense effects will be maintained in the southern regions of the Dodecanese and will gradually weaken by noon.