Bad weather “Barbara”: 310 calls to the Fire Department for rescues and transports to hospitals

A total of 310 calls were made to the Operations Center of the Fire Brigade from Sunday, February 5 until today, Wednesday (8/2) due to the bad weather “Barbara” that is affecting all of Greece.

The calls mainly concerned the removal of people from stationary vehicles to safe places, for towing vehicles, felling trees and transporting kidney patients to hospitals.

Specifically:

In the Region of Attica, actions were taken in 134 cases as follows:

• 29 removal of people to safe places
• 31 tree fellings
• 4 object subtractions and
• 70 transports of people to health units

In the Region of Central Macedonia (Thessaloniki) actions were taken in 33 cases as follows:

• 28 for cutting trees
• 4 for item removals and
• 1 transfer of a kidney patient to a hospital

In the Region of Central Greece (Evia, Boeotia) actions were taken in 123 cases as follows

• 89 cutting down trees
• 17 transports of people to health units
• 17 removal of people to safe places

According to the updated Emergency Bulletin of Dangerous Weather Phenomena issued today Wednesday 08 February 2023 by the National Meteorological Service (EMY) and the latest forecast data, the local snowfalls occurring today Wednesday 08-02-2023 and strong frost in continental areas will continue and tomorrow Thursday 09-02-2023.

More detail:

For today Wednesday (08/02/2023)

1) Snowfall or sleet will continue in the east and south. In eastern Magnesia, central and northern Evia, Fthiotida and Boeotia, intensity of the phenomena is predicted in places until the afternoon hours.

2) Especially for Attica, sleet and temporary snowfalls are forecast which will be denser at intervals until the early afternoon hours mainly in the north.

For tomorrow Thursday (09/02/2023)

Snowfall is expected to continue in the Sporades, eastern Thessaly, Evia, eastern Sterea. In particular, in eastern Magnesia, central and northern Evia, Fthiotida and Boeotia, the effects are predicted to be intense in some places until the midday hours.

In addition, strong frost will be noted in the central and northern continental semi-mountains, which in the northwest will be total in places (negative temperatures throughout the day).

For information regarding protection against severe weather phenomena, you can refer to the website and the official accounts of the Fire Department, Facebook and Twitter.

For information and announcements about the prevailing situation and the passability of the road network, citizens can visit the EL.AS website. www.astynomia.gr.

Citizens can be updated daily on the development of extraordinary weather phenomena in the regular weather reports of EMY and on the website of EMY at the online address www.emy.gr.

For more information and self-protection instructions from severe weather, citizens can visit the website of the General Secretariat of Civil Protection at www.civilprotection.gr.

We ask our fellow citizens to be especially careful and follow the instructions of the competent authorities.

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