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Pelion is dressed in … white: Snow and bitter cold

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A large part of mountainous Magnesia and the mountainous area of ​​Pelion is covered in white, since the wave of bad weather hits the area with the main characteristics of snowfall, low temperatures and strong winds in the mountains and rains and storms in the lowlands and coastal areas. of the area.

In Chania of Pelion the snowfall continues from last night uninterruptedly, but the very strong cold, since the thermometers show -6 degrees, does not allow thick snowfall and the height of the snow does not exceed 10 cm. At times the winds are very strong.

The snowfall starts over Portaria, but the snowfall starts from Alykopetra and up to Karavoma, on the road Volos – Zagora via Chania, while at the same time 24 hours a day, snow machines clean the road and salt shakers constantly add salt to keep the road network open.

In the ski center of Pelion, in Agriolefkes the snowfall is more intense, the snow is rich, but the facilities remain closed for security reasons, since the winds are windy.

In eastern Pelion, which was expected to be hit hardest by the bad weather, the mayor of Zagora-Mouresi, Panagiotis Koutsaftis, speaking to APE-MPE said that “strong winds are blowing from the night and throughout the night, the snow continues with snow. to fall in the form of anemides but to be grainy “.

More snow fell in the area of ​​Tsagarada but without any problems.

The Deputy Regional Governor of Magnesia, Dorothea Kolindrini stressed that “the bad weather is milder in Magnesia with temporary snowfall in Pelion, mainly in the east, snow fell in Stavros Pteleos but we are ready, if necessary, to build dozens of machines. “The roads remain open. We also have machinery in all the extreme points of Magnesia, from Pouri and Anavra to Keramidi”.

In the islands of the Sporades the problem is the stormy winds and for this reason no ferry service was performed from the port of Volos.

In the city of Volos it rains constantly with the main characteristic of very strong winds.

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