Several mountain communities of Pafos District were dressed in white due to the cold and prolonged snowfall during the evening hours.
Among them are Panagia, Statos Agios Fotios, Agios Nikolaos, Agios Ioannis and others. The severe weather conditions with snowfall, bitter cold, strong winds and low temperatures did not create any particular problems on the road network.
The president of Agios Nikolaos C.S. Maria Philippou in her statements to CNA said that when they woke up in the morning they saw snow everywhere which means, she said, that it was snowing at night. Agios Nikolaos, Philippou said, is at an altitude of 740 metres and the cold is polar. And today, she continued, it is snowing in her community . She said Agios Nikolaos has about 50 residents, most of whom are elderly. All of us, he continued, are confined to the house with the fireplaces on for some warmth.
In addition, the Mayor of Agios Ioannis George Gavriel said in a statement to CNA that for the past three days his community has been snowed in. The snowfall continues, he noted until this hour. He then referred to the polar cold that has hit his community resulting in 40 residents of Agios Ioannis being confined to their homes. Asked about this, he said that Agios Ioannis is located at an altitude of 650 meters.
For his part, the community leader of Panagia, Savvas Nikolaou told CNA that it has been snowing in the village since yesterday evening, while the snowfall continues until now. However, he noted the road network is open no problems are observed and the temperature is hovering between - 3 and - 4 degrees Celsius. In Panagia, he continued, the weather is foggy, there is no visibility at all while fierce winds are hitting the area. It may be snowing, he said, but no frost has been recorded yet.
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