It snows in Volos, Pelion, and Magnesia in general. bad weather barbarian have now created problems in transportation, education and the daily lives of thousands of people in the area.

Heavy snow has been falling since midnight and continues to this day in Volos, where everything is dressed in white and the snow depth in the center has reached 10 cm, and on the northern outskirts and above Periferiakos it exceeds 25 points. During the night, dozens of tanker trucks poured seawater over the roads again to keep them open despite heavy snowfall.

In Pelion, continuous snowfall for the fourth day has reached more than one meter of snow in Chania, Zagora, Mouresi and in all the villages of South Pelion. More than 75 vehicles are non-stop defrosting Pelion’s road network, and salt shakers sprinkle salt on the roads to prevent the road surface from freezing. The roads are kept open, but cars need snow chains to drive from Ano Volos to Portaria, Makrinitsa and Chania, where temperatures are minus 9 degrees.

In coastal Pelion, on the Pagasitikos side and from Agria to Argalasti, snow exceeded 20 points, with a second wave of snowfall more intense than yesterday throughout South Pelion.

In the city of Volos, where the snow has reached the sea again, temperatures are at zero, the central arteries are open, and the deputy governor of Magnesia, Dorothea Kolindrini, told the Athens-Macedonian news agency that “car operators have reached the breaking point as they work non-stop, trying to keep the roads remained open. Together with the municipality of Volos, we are working together and flooding the arteries, especially the avenues of Athens and Larissa, with sea water, so that cars can move better at the entrances and exits of the city, and also so that city buses can move and serve people.”

According to Volos City Transport, routes to the northern suburbs of Ano Volos, Anakasia, Stagiates, Katichori, Agios Onoufrios, Alli Meria, as well as line 49 to Agia Paraskevi are not served.

The KTEL Magnisias route to Pelion was not carried out today, but routes to Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Larissa and Almiros are being operated.

Schools of all grades are also closed today in the municipalities of Volos, South Pelion, Zagora Moures and Skiathos.

The Volos courthouse is also closed today, and court services are closed due to snowfall.

Source: RES