The National Meteorological Service said in an updated severe weather warning issue that the "Elias" storm is expected to arrive in Greece on Monday, bringing heavy rain, thunderstorms with a high frequency of lightning strikes and hail in many parts of Greece until Thursday.
On Monday, Storm Elias will chiefly affect Thessaly (especially Karditsa and Trikala) and western Macedonia, parts of Central Macedonia and Fokida, Fthiotida, Evrytania and Viotia in Central Greece. It may briefly also impact Epirus, west Central Greece and the north Peloponnese.
On Tuesday, rain and storms are forecasted in the Ionian Sea, mainland Greece (except in Macedonia and Thrace), the Sporades islands, and north Evia. The most rainfall is expected in Thessaly, Central Greece and Epirus.
On Wednesday, intense weather phenomena are forecast to affect the Ionian Sea, central and southern mainland Greece, the Sporades islands, Evia, western Crete and possibly the Cyclades islands.
The most significant quantities of rain are expected to fall in Karditsa, Fthiotida, eastern parts of Magnesia and north Evia.
Heavy rain and storms are forecast to continue until the afternoon on Thursday in the Sporades islands, Magnesia, north Evia and northeastern Central Greece before gradually subsiding.
