Rare Mediterranean storm batters Greece's Ionian islands


  • World
  • Friday, 18 Sep 2020

A boat leans towards a wall during storm Ianos in Agia Efimia, Kefalonia, Greece September 18, 2020, in this still image from a social media video. Apostolos Moustakis/via REUTERS

ATHENS (Reuters) - A rare storm, known as a Medicane (Mediterranean hurricane), hit western Greece on Friday, flooding streets, uprooting trees and causing power cuts in the Ionian islands of Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca.

The fire brigade said it had received at least 60 calls for assistance, mainly to cut down trees and pump water out of homes and stores. In Kefalonia, a boat sank.

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