Occurs once in a lifetime / Storm Elpis hits the famous islands of Greece, "paralyzes" every activity

Greece is covered by bad weather with heavy snowfall and sub-zero temperatures. Heavy snowfall in Athens on Monday forced authorities to close several roads on the northern outskirts of the Greek capital, including parts of the main Athens-Thessaloniki highway.

The Ministry of Health announced that the vaccination centers against COVID-19 in the wider Athens region of Attica and on the nearby island of Evia will be closed at 15:00 on Monday and will remain closed on Tuesday due to rain. large of snow. Meetings scheduled for Monday afternoon and Tuesday would be rescheduled.

The second and strongest storm that is part of the new front, called "Elpis", is taking place throughout Greece.

The Greek islands have been covered in snow since Sunday at a once-in-a-lifetime weather event. Locals say the last time this amount of snow fell on the Cyclades was decades ago.

Syros, Naxos, Tinos, Andros, Mykonos, Santorini and other Cyclades islands are covered in a snow-white veil as Hurricane Elpis hits Greece, including the mainland.

Heavy snowfall has caused numerous problems on islands that lack infrastructure to cope with such weather events.