Prefectures of Greece

School units in the municipalities of Domokos Fthiotida and Palamas Karditsa, which were damaged by the bad weather “Daniel” and which are being completed restoration work by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, through its supervised body the “Building Infrastructures SA (KTYP)” visited, today, the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Christos Staikouras, on the occasion of the st

Zakynthos and Corfu recorded 70 millimeters of rain by 8.30 a.m. on Tuesday as Storm Atena makes its way across the country.

Metrological stations in parts of Achaia, in which Patra is located, have also had over 50 millimeters of rainfall.

Two men were arrested Monday in connection with the violent beating of Greek-Canadian Emmanuel Kakoulakis in Iraklio, Crete, about six weeks ago.

Local media Cretapost reported that the suspects are a 31-year-old from the Rethymno municipality of Mylopotamos and a 32-year-old from the Iraklio municipality of Malevizi.

According to the forecast, from today, Thursday, and continuing until Saturday, significant deterioration in weather is expected across most of mainland Greece, with intense rain and thunderstorms, frequent lightning, and localized hail showers.

Specifically:

A very high risk of fire (risk category 4) is predicted on Monday in four regions of Greece, according to the Fire Risk Prediction Map issued by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.

Τhe forecast is predicted for the following areas:

The Gavriliadis family (originally from Pyrgos) vacation in Andros had a tragic ending on Friday morning. The family had traveled with friends to the Cycladic island and this morning 22-year-old Stathis and his father, well-known Pyrgos businessman Takis Gavriliadis, took a ride in a “pig” they had rented in the Stivari area of Batsi.

The next week is expected to begin with significant instability, featuring scattered showers or thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon and evening over the mainland, according to the director of the National Meteorological Service (EMY), Thodoris Kolydas.

The European Commission has announced the start of production for 12 new Canadair DHC 515 firefighting aircraft, which will form the permanent European forest firefighting fleet (rescEU). These aircraft will be permanently stationed in Greece, Croatia, France, Italy, Portugal, and Spain.

The Scientific Risk Assessment Committee met at noon on Thursday (22/8) due to the severe weather conditions that will prevail in the coming days and is currently being chaired by the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Vassilis Kikilias, inter-ministerial – coordination meeting with the participation of representatives of local authorities and all Civil Protection agencies.

Two bear cubs have been killed after being hit by a vehicle in the northwestern prefecture of Florina.

The remains of the two bears were found on Monday morning by motorists on the Florina-Kozani national road.