Athens, Feb 16 (AFP/APP): Two people died in Greece on Tuesday as heavy snowfall not seen in years and gale-force winds lashed the country, disrupting road and sea transport.
The cold snap dubbed “Medea” after the mythical Greek sorceress of the Argonauts brought the most snow to the Greek capital in over a decade, experts said. A maximum low of minus 19 degrees Celsius was recorded in the nortwestern city of Florina. On the island of Evia near Athens, an octogenarian suffering from respiratory problems died after an ambulance failed to reach his home in time to repair his breathing apparatus. On Crete, a livestock farmer in his 60s was found dead in the snow outside his granary at the village of Kaminaki in the east of the island.
The rare phenomenon prompted authorities to cancel all coronavirus vaccinations planned in the capital for the day. Evia, Greece’s second largest island, has been without power for two days, and falling trees caused local outages in some parts of the greater Athens area. “Our big concern is the electricity grid,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said after an emergency cabinet meeting. “We need patience to resolve this problem which is truly exceptional.”
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