Residents in areas around Thessaloniki woke up in white on Tuesday morning, after the operation bad weather-express.
It was fierce the snowfall in the municipality of Lagada and specifically in Socho, Asko, Vertisco but also in other areas.
So far no problems have been reported due to the snowfall, while the mechanism to keep the road network open in the specific areas is on standby.
During the night it snowed on the old national road Thessaloniki-Serres, in Dorkada, Sochos, Livadi and Vertisko. Snow machines are operating in all these places.
In the meantime, in Halkidiki it is snowing in the northern part of the Prefecture from Galatista to Polygyros, Arnaia, Barbara and Taxiarchis. Dehumidifiers are located on all respective road networks. In Serres, snowfall occurs in Ano Vrontou, Rodolivos and Amphipolis, while in Imathia at night there was a snowstorm in Vermio and Kastania. The snowplows worked until dawn and at the moment the roads are clean. In the plain of Imathia strong winds prevailed, which have now weakened.
Strong winds prevailed in the Peripheral Unit of Kilkis, while their intensity reached 7 to 8 Beaufort. Trees fell in Mouries and the fire brigade rushed to the scene.
No problems were reported in the Regional Units of Pella and Pieria.
How the bad weather will develop
In the afternoon, the weather phenomena that brought snow in the mountainous areas of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Imathia and Serres will show a recession. As the head of the Civil Protection Department of the Region of Central Macedonia, Babis Stergiadis, told APE-MPE, “initially the wind and snowfall will stop and by tomorrow the weather will improve.”
With information from and GR-Times
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