Stormy weather front brings first flurry of snow to Olympus

As rainstorms swept crossed galore parts of Greece connected Thursday, Mount Olympus successful the northbound saw its archetypal flurries of snow successful the aboriginal hours of the day.

While welcome successful a very adust year that has taken a toll connected water reservoirs, Thursday’s autumnal displacement has caused problems successful some parts of the country, and particularly successful the west, where residents person been advised to workout caution while the storms persist.

The nationalist weather service, EMY, updated its exigency bulletin midday connected Thursday, forecasting dense rains, thunderstorms and localized hailstorms done Friday. The storm system, it said, is expected to interaction astir of the country.

The Ionian islands, Epirus, western Macedonia, western Central Greece and the western and southern Peloponnese should expect the storms to persist until the evening. Periodic storms are besides expected successful Thessaly, cardinal and eastbound Central Greece – including the Athens country for overmuch of the time – arsenic well arsenic successful the remainder of the Peloponnese, western Crete, Evia and the Sporades until precocious successful the evening. 

By nightfall, the system is forecast to determination into the eastbound Aegean islands, eastbound Macedonia and the bluish Cyclades, reaching Thrace precocious astatine night.

On Friday, dense storms are expected to impact the Dodecanese from aboriginal greeting until precocious afternoon, eastbound Macedonia, Thrace and the eastbound Aegean islands until midday, and cardinal Macedonia and the bluish Cyclades done the greeting hours.

Meteorologists warn that the astir unsafe conditions would beryllium successful cardinal Macedonia from Thursday day done aboriginal Friday, successful eastbound Macedonia, Thrace and the eastbound Aegean islands until midday Friday, and successful the Dodecanese from aboriginal greeting done Friday afternoon.

Authorities are urging residents successful the affected areas to take precautions against flooding, hail and strong winds.