Heavy snowfall and strong winds continued on Tuesday morning, causing
disruptions to ferry and train services, and closing down schools in
many parts of the country, including in Attica.
The
Athens-Thessaloniki train service has been suspended since Monday
afternoon, when a rockfall due to rain at the Asopos station forced
authorities to close the track. They could not on Tuesday morning
estimate how long it would take to clear.
Ships remained tied up
at the ports of Piraeus, Lavrio and Rafina because of gale-force winds
on Tuesday, while the Panorama ferry, caught in winds with 65 passengers
on board on its way back to Piraeus from Marmari in Evia on Monday
evening had to find shelter in a cove near Marmari and finally made its
way to Piraeus shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
In Attica,
snowfall in the northern suburbs closed schools in Palaia and Nea
Pendeli, as well as in Melissia, while traffic police warned that snow
chains were needed on Parnitha Avenue and ice caused disruption in parts
of the northern suburbs. Light snowfall was also reported in downtown
Athens in the early hours.
Heavy snowfall in western and northern
Greece, which caused delays in large sections of the road network as
motorists were forced to pull over in order to attach snow chains, also
left 37 rural hamlets in Grevena, northern Greece, in a state of
emergency.
Roads were also affected in the Peloponnese, with
closures between Tripoli and Pyrgos through Ancient Olympia, and from
Patra to Kalavryta through Halandritsa.
The cold weather -- with
more snow and strong winds -- is expected to persist throughout the
country until Wednesday, when temperatures are forecast too begin rising
again to reach seasonal level by the end of the week. |
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