The authorities in the country are on high alert after the warnings of the National Meteorological Service for gale-force winds in almost the entire country, for heavy rains and storms in the north and the eastern and southern island of Greece, as well as snowfall in the continental highlands and semi-mountainous areas of Thrace, of Macedonia and temporarily of Epirus.

Residents of many regions of the country, including residents of the Attica basin, received a series of warning messages yesterday to avoid travel during the phenomena.

The first snows fell in Hortiati, Florina, Ptolemaida, Kozani.

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The Rio-Antirio Ferry will remain closed due to the stormy winds. Winds during the night exceeded 8 Beaufort.

A man was freed at night injured by the fire department from a vehicle after a traffic accident in Oropos on Athens Avenue in Nea Palatia. The accident happened when a tree fell on the vehicle due to strong winds.

The rescue of the two climbers who lost their orientation last night in the wider area of ​​the Velventos Refuge, due to the heavy snowfall, had a happy ending.

They were found by firemen, they are in good health and taken to a safe place.

A bus with 45 passengers in the Kaimaktsalan ski resort was stranded for about an hour and a half last night due to heavy snowfall.

With a delay of almost 2 hours, the train that ran the Thessaloniki-Athens route left for its destination at night and stopped between Afidna and Agios Stefanos, due to a power outage caused by a falling tree.

Due to the strong winds last night, Patron-Pyrgou was closed at the height of Lappa, as trees fell on two cars.

There was no injury, only damage.