Evros remains on high alert, as the overflow of the river and the broken embankments have caused widespread flooding, with hundreds of acres under water and the authorities closely monitoring the development of the situation.

A total of 62 fires broke out in the last 24 hours, most of them due to lightning during the powerful weather front raging in Greece on Thursday, the Fire Brigade said.

The Minister of Rural Development Lefteris Avgenakis will be in Thessaly again from Tuesday, in whose presence sectoral meetings will be held per product, so that together with the producers who have been affected, the next measures to support producers and restore agricultural production in the region can be specified.