The risk assessment committee met on Thursday due to the ongoing bad weather- with heavy rains, thunderstorms and local hailstorms- and will last to Friday 3 October.

See Live the course of the phenomenon:

Heavy rains, thunderstorms and local hailstorms

According to the EMY Extraordinary Bulletin, bad weather moves to the eastern parts of the country and will affect eastern Macedonia, Thrace, the North Aegean, the eastern Aegean (until noon) and the Dodecanese (until the afternoon). In the early hours of the morning, severe phenomena are expected in Central Macedonia and the northernmost islands of the Cyclades.

Message from 112

On Thursday night there was 112 warning of severe weather in the prefectures of Thessaloniki, Halkidiki, Serres and the Lemnos Regional Unit.

112 invites residents of the areas to be careful in their movements and to follow the instructions of the authorities.

Closed schools in Rhodes and Zakynthos

Due to the weather, the Municipality of Rhodes announced that schools will be closed on the island today, while schools will remain closed for a second consecutive day in Zakynthos.

On alert the state mechanism

As announced by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, the state mechanism remains on operational readiness and the Single Crisis and Crisis Coordination Center (ESKEDIK) will re -contact the first and second grade OTAs, the Security Forces, etc. them.

The Commission, which was convened by the Secretary General of Civil Protection, Nikos Papaefstathiouwill meet again Friday, if required to evaluate the situation based on the latest data.