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English: On 15 February 2021, the cold front Medea caused the heaviest snowfall recorded in Greece in the past four decades. The severe snowfall affected especially Central Greece and the region of Attica, including Athens, causing disruptions in transport, damage to water supply systems and power cuts for more than 70,000 people. Due to the devastating effects of the snowfall, a state of emergency was declared in several areas. According to media reports, three deaths have already been reported as a result of Medea. This image, acquired by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites on 17 February 2021, shows the Athens–Thessaloniki motorway near Thiva, in Central Greece. The enormous amount of snow that made the driving conditions extremely hazardous led Greek authorities to close the motorway from Kifissia to Lamia during during the passage of Medea. At the time of acquisition of this image, the motorway had reopened and traffic continued despite severe difficulties. The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service product portfolio includes the High Resolution Snow and Ice Monitoring (HR-S&I) products that provide high-resolution (20m × 20m) snow and ice data for the 39 Member States of the European Environment Agency, in near real-time.