Greece braces for severe storms as Red Code issued for five regions

Greece is bracing for severe weather on Wednesday and Thursday, with heavy rain, thunderstorms, snow in mountainous areas, and gale-force winds, the Risk Assessment Committee warned.

Snow is expected to be particularly heavy in western Thessaly and western Macedonia, while strong winds of 8–9 Beaufort will affect parts of the Ionian and Aegean Seas.

Following an Emergency Weather Warning Bulletin from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service, Attica, the Peloponnese, Central Greece, Thessaly, and Western Macedonia have been placed under Red Code mobilisation.