Weather hazards

Today it will be cloudy, windy and rainy, in the northwest snow will fall. Moderate to strong east-northeastern wind in the afternoon will blow from the northwest, in eastern Bulgaria from the north-northeast, and with it will sweep in cold air. By evening in many places in northern Bulgaria and in the higher regions of western Bulgaria, the rain will turn into snow. A snow cover will form.

Dust clouds blowing from Europe will cover Turkey's sky until the next week, a Turkish academic has said.

An Istanbul-based meteorologist, Hüseyin Toros, told state-run Anadolu Agency that desert dust storms that hit Europe and have been active throughout the week are now heading toward Turkey starting from today.

Today the clouds over most of the country will be significant. In places in the Danube plain and the Upper Thracian lowland, visibility will be reduced. It will be mostly sunny before noon over Southwestern Bulgaria, and during the day the clouds over the northeastern regions will break.

A woman walks past an artwork installation during a snowfall in the northern city of Thessaloniki, on Sunday. 'Medea,' a new weather system has hit the northern parts of the country with very strong winds and heavy snowfalls. [AP]

Snow has covered many areas in Greece

Rains and heavy thunderstorms expected on Thursday

Workers at the Eiffel Tower used a blowtorch to melt the ice collecting on its surfaces and snow was blocking roads and halting trains and school buses Wednesday across northern France.

The current percentage of snow cover in Greece is approximately 6 percent, lower than the average rate of the period 2004-2020, despite the recent cold fronts that have swept through the country, the Meteo weather service of the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) said on Friday.

This is based on the images sent by the European satellite Sentinel-2 on January 28, 2021.

On 26 January, the atmospheric pressure will rise slightly during the day, but will remain significantly lower than the average for the month.

The year 2020 hit an all-time record in Turkey for witnessing the most extreme weather incidents, with 984 cases of flood, hail, heavy precipitation and storms.