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  • Crews in Greece on Wednesday raced to restore power to tens of thousands of homes, as a severe cold front receded after bringing heavy snowfall and gale-force winds that left four dead. Around 25,000 homes and businesses mainly in the northern Athens suburbs were still without electricity, the state power distribution network operator said in a statement later on Wednesday. Snow had earlier blanketed ancient monuments like the Acropolis and the cold front, dubbed "Medea" after the mythical Greek sorceress of the Argonauts, sent temperatures plunging. The maximum low of minus 24.8 Celsius (minus 12.6 Fahrenheit) was recorded near the northwestern city of Florina early Wednesday. Snow and wind on Tuesday felled some 900 trees in the greater Athens area alone, regional governor George Patoulis said. An estimated 250,000 homes and businesses had earlier faced power outages, Patoulis told state TV ERT earlier Wednesday. Army units were assisting the fire department in removing the debris, officials said. The snowfall, which hit Athens on Monday, was the worst seen in the capital since 2008 according to meteorologists. Greece's main highway, linking Athens and Thessaloniki, reopened on Wednesday after the snowfall subsided. Firefighters said a 71-year-old man died on the island of Evia near Athens when a tree fell on him, the fourth person killed in the cold snap. On Tuesday, two elderly men suffering from respiratory problems had died on Evia after their breathing apparatus failed during a power outage. And a livestock farmer in his 60s on the island of Crete was found dead in the snow outside his granary. Three other missing Cretan livestock farmers were able to reach shelter on Wednesday, state agency ANA said. The weather conditions forced officials to cancel coronavirus vaccinations in Athens on Tuesday. The government came under fire after a snowplow was dispatched to the chic Athens quarter of Kolonaki, where many embassies and ministers' personal offices are located, on Tuesday while heavy machinery was lacking elsewhere. There was further criticism after a journalist on Tuesday posted a picture on her Twitter account of herself and another journalist with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outside a popular Kolonaki cafĂ©. The snowplow operator told Skai TV he had also cleared the way to two major hospitals in the area. jph-hec/tgb
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  • Greece races to restore power grid as cold snap recedes
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