'Dangerous Weather' Alert Issued as Storms Lash Western Greece

An exigency alert has been sent to residents of the Ionian Islands and occidental Greece informing of dense rainfall and unsafe storms forecast to deed the portion implicit the adjacent 48 hours.

The alert, sent via the nationalist 112 exigency number, urged citizens to "exercise caution erstwhile traveling" and to travel instructions from authorities.

In effect to the terrible upwind bulletin from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service, officials connected the land of Zakynthos announced that each schools would beryllium closed connected Thursday. 

Mayor Giorgos Stasinopoulos said the land is expecting dense rain, thunderstorms, and hail.

The tempest has already caused problems successful the region. 

In bluish Corfu, the occurrence work reported it had to rescue a British household whose car became stuck successful mud connected a steep agrarian roadworthy amid aggravated rainfall.