On Thursday, the Greek government declared a state of emergency in eight regions in western Greece due to an impending subtropical storm, which meteorologists call a so-called median (a Mediterranean hurricane).
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“We expect Janos to influence the west of Greece with the same intensity for another six to nine hours and then head south,” said Ionian Prefect Rodi Krats-Tsagaropulu on Friday morning. “Trees are falling everywhere now,” she said. But she said no casualties had been reported on islands such as Kefalonia, Ithaca and Zakynthos.
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Diversion of flights
Ryanair’s two flights to Kefalonia had to be rerouted to Athens and sea links with the island were cut off. The islands of Ithaca and Zakynthos were affected by blackouts, and some roads remained impassable.
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The islands of Corfu and Lefkada were also affected to a lesser extent by unfavorable weather. In the late Friday hours, a medic is expected on the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
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Medicines are relatively rare in the Mediterranean. “The phenomenon we call the medic occurs at most once or twice a season. The last important was the Zorbas medic at the end of September 2018, “explained the meteorologist Dagmar Honsová for Novinky.
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