Greece – “red menace”: heavy rains, storms, strong winds

The National Meteorological Service of Greece EMY announced in Sunday red menace level having warned about very heavy rain and storms in the next 3 days.

“Red Alert” is the highest level of danger that is issued to warn of dangerous and extreme weather events.

The weather is predicted to worsen from Monday, September 4 to Wednesday, September 6, 2023.

Heavy showers and thunderstorms are predicted, accompanied by hail and frequent lightning, increased winds and a noticeable drop in temperature.

According to forecasts, the cyclone, which came from the north of the Balkans with cold air masses, will move south, to the southern part of the Ionian Sea, and will affect most parts of the country.

The greatest amount of precipitation will fall in Thessaly, Sporades, central and eastern Sterea, in the north of Evia and the Peloponnese, emphasizes EMY.

EMY WARNING

Monday, September 4

From noon in western and central Macedonia and early in the morning in eastern Macedonia and Thrace. From late in the evening, the apparitions will be limited to central Macedonia, mainly in the prefectures of Pieria and Imathia. From 10-11 am in Epirus, Thessaly, Sporades and gradually on the Ionian Islands, Sterea and Evia, incl. and by 2 pm in Athens, having passed Attica from north to south. Since noon in the Peloponnese, mainly in the west and north.

Tuesday, September 5

at times before noon in Epirus, the Ionian Islands, western Sterea and western Peloponnese in central Macedonia (mainly in the prefectures of Pieria, Imathia and Halkidiki), Thessaly, Sporades, central and eastern Sterea (mainly in the prefectures of Evrytania, Phthiotis and Boeotia and temporarily in the prefecture of Attica, mainly in its western and northern parts), Evia (mostly in the north), eastern and southern Peloponnese and western Crete from noon to evening in the western Cyclades and the islands of the northern and eastern Aegean. Wednesday, September 6

In Thessaly, in the Sporades, in the central and eastern Sterea (mainly the prefectures of Eurytania, Phthiotis and Boeotia), in the north of Euboea, in the east and south of the Peloponnese, in the west and south of Crete.

In the evening, intense weather events will weaken, with the exception of the areas of Thessaly and Sporades, where they will continue until Thursday morning.