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Fog covered Athens – Attention to driving, says Kolydas

A similar phenomenon was observed on 10 January

Newsroom January 29 08:16


Fog blanketed several areas of Athensearly this morning with the director of the National Weather Service, Thodoros Kolydas, calling for “caution in driving” in a post on X.

As he explains in his post, “the morning temperature reversal and weak southerly winds for the second time in a month caused the phenomenon in the capital.”

It is recalled that similar images were recorded on January 10 in several areas of Attica

Watch video of the fog in Agia Paraskevi

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Already X users have posted videos and photos of the fog in Athens, commenting “We have become Thessaloniki”.

The post by Thodoris Kolydas on the fog in Attica

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— Vassilis Tsingos (@VassilisTsingo1) January 29, 2025

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