Schools will be closed tomorrow in several municipalities of the country due to the bad weather “Bora”.

By decision of the Regional Governor of the South Aegean, schools of all educational levels will not operate in the Cyclades and the Dodecanese. The suspension also applies to Preschool Education units and all Special Schools.

Schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, December 2 Municipality of Pylaia-Hortiatis due to extreme weather conditions. According to the announcement of the municipality, the closure concerns all schools of all levels, in all areas of the municipality in order to protect the integrity of students and teachers and to carry out the mandatory assessment of all kinds of damage to the facilities and courtyards of the school units.

Schools of all grades will remain closed tomorrow Kalamaria. The decision not to open the school units throughout the Municipality of Kalamaria is considered imperative according to the municipality, in order to record and restore all the damage caused by the bad weather Bora to the buildings and schoolyards and to take all the necessary measures so that students to return to schools safely.

Also closed in the Municipality Pavlou Mela, all schools (kindergartens, primary schools, high schools, high schools). The decision is taken proactively, in order to assess the condition of buildings, facilities and courtyards for any damage from severe bad weather (falling branches – trees, interruption of water or electricity supply) and to proceed with their restoration where necessary.

Municipality of Thessaloniki

Schools of all grades in the municipality of Thessaloniki will remain closed tomorrow, Monday, due to the severe weather conditions prevailing in the city. According to a statement from the municipal authority, “the absolute priority remains the safety of the entire educational community”.

Regarding the problems arising from the bad weather Bora, the mayor of Thessaloniki, Stelios Angeloudis, emphasizes that the employees of the municipality “are fighting an unequal battle”, noting that by 9 am on Sunday, more than 300 fallen trees had already been reported throughout the urban complex of Thessaloniki.

The employees of the municipality together with the Fire Service, the Greek Police and the voluntary Civil Protection Organizations are fighting to remove hundreds of trees that have been uprooted, causing heaps of traffic problems and significant damage to citizens’ property.

In addition, citizens are advised to limit their movements to those absolutely necessary in order to avoid injuries from falling trees, plaster, etc. At the same time, an appeal is made until tomorrow evening to avoid the disposal of bulky objects, since all official vehicles are available for the collection and removal of fallen trees and also for the disposal of waste, as the collection is carried out normally but obviously under particularly adverse conditions .

Due to falling trees and lighting poles during the bad weather, the Cemeteries of Agia Paraskevi, Evangelistria and Malakopi will remain temporarily closed for burials and public visits from Monday to Wednesday, December 4. Resurrection of the Lord Cemeteries will operate normally.

“A big thank you to all the employees of the municipality of Thessaloniki for the superhuman struggle they put in to stand by the citizens. We are fighting an unequal battle against a bad weather that hit our city hard. The situation remains critical, we ask for the assistance of all citizens to overcome this emergency situation. I pledge to the people of Thessaloniki that the trees that fell will be replaced and multiplied”, notes Mr. Angeloudis.

Chalcidice

For tomorrow, the operation of all school units of the Municipality is suspended Cassandraat all levels of education, as well as in KDAP and Kindergartens, in order to check the facilities for any flooding phenomena and to ensure the smooth access of students after the severe bad weather affecting the area.

Also closed tomorrow are the Primary and Secondary Education schools, the kindergartens and the KDAP of the Municipality of N. Propontidas due to the severe bad weather that has affected the municipality in several areas.

The primary and secondary education schools, daycare centers and the Municipality’s KDAP are also closed. Polygyrou, where the operation of all educational levels is suspended. With the severe bad weather still affecting the area, there is the difficulty in moving students and teachers, but also the need for school principals to record any problems in the school units.

Florina

Due to the adverse weather conditions prevailing in a large part of the PE of Florina, by decision of the mayor of Florina Vassilis Giannakis, primary and secondary schools will remain closed on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 December 2024. Also, KDAP and KDAP will remain closed MEA of the Municipality of Florina while the kindergartens will operate normally.

In the Municipality of Prespa, schools will remain closed while the daycare center will operate normally.

Cyclades

By a decision issued by the Governor of the South Aegean Region, Giorgos Hatzimarkos, the operation of school units of all educational levels is suspended for tomorrow, Monday, December 2, in the islands of Cyclades and Dodecanese, due to imminent dangerous weather phenomena in the territory of the South Aegean Region, for the preventive protection of the public security. The suspension also applies to Preschool Education units and all Special Schools.

As the regional governor reports, he signed the relevant decision to avoid endangering the population of the South Aegean Region due to movements to and from school units, then the updated Emergency Bulletin of Dangerous Weather Phenomena from the EMY/EMK, according to which, the system of bad weather named Bora, will continue to cause dangerous weather phenomena in Cyclades and I dodecaned.