Severe Storm Warning Issued for Ionian Islands and Western Greece

The highest hazard zones for Thursday are predicted to beryllium Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Achaia, Ilia, Messinia, Laconia, and Central Macedonia.Credit: AMNA

Greece has issued a terrible tempest informing for residents and tourists successful the Ionian Islands and Western Peloponnese, utilizing the 112 exigency work to nonstop urgent alerts.

On Wednesday evening, 2 cardinal alerts were sent:

Zakynthos: At 9:40 PM, locals and visitors connected the land of Zakynthos were warned of torrential rains and thunderstorms expected overnight Wednesday done midday Thursday. As a precautionary measure, the island’s politician announced that schools would beryllium closed connected Thursday.

Western Peloponnese: Just 10 minutes later, astatine 9:50 PM, a akin informing was issued for the Peloponnese prefectures of Achaia, Ilia, and Messinia, forecasting torrential rainfall and storms from aboriginal Thursday greeting until midday.

Both alerts instructed radical to workout caution erstwhile moving astir and to travel each authoritative authorization directions closely.

The Greek Risk Assessment Committee convened connected Wednesday and met again contiguous to measure the latest data. According to meteorologists, portion aggravated upwind is expected successful galore areas, the highest hazard zones for Thursday are predicted to beryllium Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Achaia, Ilia, Messinia, Laconia, and Central Macedonia.

The terrible upwind is forecast to displacement eastward connected Friday, impacting East Macedonia, Thrace, the islands of the Eastern Aegean, and the Dodecanese.