Storms batter western Greece, schools close on Zakynthos

A wave of terrible weather was battering western Greece connected Thursday and is expected to spread crossed the state done Friday, bringing dense rain, thunderstorms, hail and strong winds, meteorologists person warned. Temperatures are forecast to dip slightly.

Schools of each levels and municipal daycare centers were ordered to stay closed Thursday connected the Ionian land of Zakynthos pursuing a determination by the section government.

The General Secretariat for Civil Protection urged residents to take precautions and section authorities were ordered to stay connected alert aft an exigency gathering of the state’s Risk Assessment Committee.

The archetypal storms struck the Ionian islands precocious Wednesday, prompting the 112 exigency alert work to contented warnings to residents. Messages were besides sent to residents successful the western Peloponnese regions of Achaia, Ilia and Messinia.

Officials said the astir unsafe weather is expected Thursday successful Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Achaia, Ilia, Messinia, Laconia and cardinal Macedonia, with the storm beforehand forecast to determination eastbound Friday toward Thrace, eastbound Macedonia, the eastbound Aegean islands and the Dodecanese.

Heavy downpours besides deed Corfu, where firefighters were called successful to rescue a British household whose αυτοκίνητο became stuck successful mud connected a steep ungraded roadworthy successful the Drastis country successful the island’s north. Authorities said the mates and their kid were unharmed. 

The Risk Assessment Committee was scheduled to reconvene aboriginal Thursday to reappraisal updated forecasts and widen warnings to different regions.