Chinanews, February 19, according to Euronet quoted the Greek Eunice News Agency on the 19th, recently, the cold front "Medea" transited through Greece, causing tens of thousands of households and businesses in the country to blackout electricity and water.

As of the morning of the 18th local time, there are still about 8,000 households in Attica, Greece whose electricity has not been restored.

On February 16, local time, Athens, Greece ushered in a rare heavy snow, and the ancient acropolis was covered with snow.

The picture shows the Parthenon on the highest point of the Acropolis standing in heavy snow.

　　According to reports, the latest data from the National Meteorological Service of Greece show that the blizzard brought by "Medea" to Attica lasts for 36 hours. The snowfall is mainly concentrated in the northern, western and eastern suburbs. The snow in the center of Athens is about 20-25 centimeters is the most intense snowfall in the Attica area in the past 40 years.

　　According to reports, in the past few days, blizzards caused a large number of trees in the Attica area to fall and cut off high-voltage lines. As a result, the power grid was extensively damaged. About 70,000 homes and businesses in central Athens and large areas of the northern suburbs were blacked out. About 15,000 households on the island of Viale were also without electricity.

In addition, many families have experienced water cuts and network cuts.

　　Due to the severe situation, the Greek military should provide assistance at the request of the bureau to remove trees that block roads so that the engineering team can repair the damaged power grid.

On the evening of the 17th local time, the Deputy Minister of Citizen Protection Hadalias promised, “No one will rest, no one will sleep, and no one will be replaced. We will all stay like the night of the 16th (when the snowstorm is the worst). Here (command center) until the last block of Attica is powered on."

　　According to reports, Greek society and public opinion are very concerned about large-scale blackouts.

In this regard, the Greek power grid operator accused the local municipality of not pruning the trees in time, causing a large number of tree branches to be crushed by heavy snow to block the streets, and also believed that the Attica region government had been unable to clear the snow on the streets for a long time, so that the engineers could not reach. Repair the power grid on site.

The local municipality believes that it is caused by the poor maintenance of the line by the grid operator.

(Liang Manyu)