Paphos People

The roads to Troodos are open only to vehicles with four-wheel drive or snow chains police said on Wednesday morning, sharing photos of the mountainous area covered in snow.

After several drivers were unable to reach Troodos due to slippery roads, police stressed that it was not possible for vehicles without four-wheel drive or snow chains to reach Troodos.

“It has been observed that drivers who were heading to the Troodos mountains via the Limassol-Platres-Troodos road, once approaching Platres, could not continue due to the slippery roads in the area,” police said.

Snow started falling in Troodos early on Wednesday and continued well into the afternoon.

Heavy rainfall and fog created problems in the road network.
At around noon, police said the Famagusta district road network was also slippery due to heavy rain, both on the motorway and residential areas. They had also warned of low visibility.

Fog in the morning also affected visibility in the road network of the Panayia, Statos and Pentalia areas in the Paphos district.

“Drivers are urged to drive safely at low speeds, to keep a safe distance from the vehicles in front of them and to have their headlights on,” a police announcement added.

A yellow weather warning is in force until 5pm on Wednesday for heavy rainfall and possible hail.

The temperature will average around 17C inland and the coastal areas and 7C in the higher mountainous areas.

In the meantime, according to the latest figures from the meteorological service, the average precipitation during the past 24 hours was more than half of the total for the month so far. The average precipitation during the past 24 hours was 19 millimetres, whereas the total for December so far is 34.3mm. The seasonal average is 105.6mm.

Most rain during the past 24 hours was recorded in Stavros tis Psokas in the Paphos forest (58mm), Pano Panayia in the Paphos mountainous area (46.7mm) and Platania in Troodos (35mm).

In general rainfall so far this year since the beginning of October is at 37 per cent of the seasonal average.

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Dave
Moira And Dave

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Being military musicians we played all over the Island. We were booked (our Beat group) to play a gig in the camp at Troodos, as the gig was a late finish they accommodated us in the old corrugated huts.
It was the winter of 1966/7 we were given the regulation bedding 2 blankets, 2 sheets and two pillow slips along with on old Paraffin heater.