Greece Meteo upgrades Weather Warning to Alarm Level

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) amended its weather warning issued on Thursday and upgraded it to Alarm Level on Friday afternoon. Special mention is to the Ionian Sea and the islands where a high volume of rain and winds blowing with the intensity of 9 to 10 Beaufort are expected state broadcaster ERT reported citing the Greek Civil Protection.

EMY updated weather warning speaks of “dangerous weather phenomena” as the height of the rainfalls forecast for Saturday, Dec 11, will be very high on the Ionian islands and a large part of the mainland.

At the same time, stormy South/SouthWest winds will be blowing in the seas and will reach temporarily 8 to 9 Beaufort mainly in the Aegean Sea.