Polar bomb may hit Greece says professor

Since mid-Deecember temperatures in mountainous areas in northern Greece have been dipping to almost -10 degrees Celsius, according to the Athens National Observatory’s Meteo service.

The lowest temperatures were recorded at Lailias in Serres (-7.9C), in Paranesti in Drama (-5.7C), Volakas in Nevrokopi (-4.5C), Seli in Vermio (-4.5C), and Ohyro in Nevrokopi (-4.1C).

At the same time, the Aegean was dominated by gale-force northerly winds of up to force 8-9 on the Beaufort scale.

“Given the extreme weather phenomena observed on all continents, in particular the deadly snowstorm in the US, it cannot be ruled out that Greece will face a ‘polar bomb’,” Professor Efthymios Lekkas said.

An expert on geology and natural disaster management, Professor Lekkas cited the climate crisis as the driving force of such phenomena.

“We have not yet entered complete destabilisation. We are seeing global events and levels and phenomena which concern regions, entire continents and even states. These are unprecedented and have not occurred for at least a hundred years. We believe that it is essentially the start of the climate crisis,” he said, speaking to state broadcaster ERT.