Greece “boiled” yesterday Friday, with mercury reaching up to them 41 ° C on the continents and their 38 ° C in the islandshowever, the atmosphere will change abruptly. From the afternoon yesterday started storms In the north and gradually enters coolest gasbringing violent alternations and Warnings for extreme weather events.
Saturday & Sunday: Aid winds and very high risk of fire
Today Saturday 28/6the temperature dropped by 2–3 degrees while Sunday will not exceed 32–34 ° C. At the same time, however, strong to stormy winds up to 9 beaufort In the Cyclades, Crete, the Dodecanese and the eastern Aegean will carry fire alarm.
Alarm for fires on Sunday: In “Red” Attica, Crete, Euboea, Laconia, Dodecanese
According to the General Secretariat of Civil Protection, to state of extreme fire risk (Category 5) will be found:
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Attica (including Kythera)
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Crete
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Southern Euboea
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Laconia
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Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Ikaria
Category 4 (very high risk) Applies to:
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Peloponnese, South Aegean
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Achaia, Ilia, Boeotia, Fthiotida
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Northern Euboea & Skyros
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Thassos, Rodopi, Evros, Lemnos
Violent rain and bourgeois in northern Greece
Since this afternoon they are expected storms In western and central Macedonia, and later in the evening the phenomena will move to Central Greece and Aitoloakarnania. The booty will be accompanied by strong windsbut a recession is expected on Sunday morning.
Authorities in red alarm for fires
In state Extreme Fire Risk (Category 5) will be tomorrow, Sunday 29 Juneseveral areas of the country, according to the Official Risk Provision Map that issued the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection.
The alarm is concerned Attica regions (including Kythera), Creteas well as the Regional Units of South Evia, Laconia, Lesvos, Chios, Samos and Ikaria.
Additional, very high risk of fire (Category 4) is provided for areas:
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Peloponnese, South Aegean
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The PE Achaia, Ilias, Boeotia, Fthiotida
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Her Northern Euboea (along with the island of Skyros)
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Her Thassos, Rodopi, Evros and Lemnos
The authorities in full readiness
Civil Protection has already notified all state -owned services involvedthe Regions and municipalities of the areas of increased risk to be put into Status of increased alertin order to immediately address any fire incidents.
All stakeholders, regions and municipalities have been put into alert statewhile Citizens are invited to avoid activities in the countrysideespecially in forest areas, and to strictly adhere to fire protection measures.