Authorities in northwestern Greece are urgently repairing flood-damaged roads, bridges and utilities as new severe weather is forecast mid-week.
Epirus and northern Corfu remain among the worst affected, with landslides, collapsed infrastructure and disrupted power and water supplies leaving rural villages at risk of isolation.
The national weather service EMY has warned of renewed heavy rain and thunderstorms spreading from western Greece to the Ionian Islands, the Peloponnese and eastern Macedonia from Tuesday onwards.
A second system, Adel, is expected to bring even more dangerous conditions on Thursday and Friday, including hail and gale-force winds.
Civil Protection has placed the Ionian Islands, Epirus, Western Greece and the Peloponnese on red alert. After convening the Risk Assessment Committee, officials said the storm would impact western and northwestern regions, the northern Ionian and parts of northern and eastern Greece.
As the committee noted, “On Wednesday heavy rain and storms are expected in western Greece, mainly in the northwest… On Thursday rain and storms will be particularly heavy in western Greece, central and eastern Macedonia and Thrace.”
Local authorities have been instructed to activate emergency plans, with a further assessment due Wednesday to determine whether the severe weather will continue into Friday.
Source: Ekathimerini
