Monster storm: Medicane reaches Greece - tourist videos show how storms hit the island

High waves and violent gusts of hurricane: it will soon be uncomfortable in Greece.

The fault is the weather phenomenon of the Medicanes.

• The weather * is going crazy in Greece.

• Violent storms * are expected in the Ionian Sea.

• A so-called

  Medicane

  , a kind of hurricane in the Mediterranean, is rolling towards the region.

Update from September 18, 2020, 1:11 p.m.:

The

slowly moved along the coast of the

on Friday

and caused serious damage.

This is shown by the first reports from the Greek civil defense and state television.

The power went out in numerous regions in western

and on the Peloponnese peninsula.

Several boats were damaged in the ports of the holiday islands of Zakynthos, Lefkada, Kefalonia and Ithaca.

A campsite in Kefalonia had to be evacuated.

The

in several regions

were closed on Friday.

The ferry connections to the islands of Kefalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca had to be interrupted.

The civil defense and the meteorological office warned that the

change course in the next few hours and cause serious damage on the mainland.

Heavy rains were expected in central Greece.

The storm is not expected to abate until Sunday night. 

Meanwhile, a

boat is in distress

.

State television

)

reported that the boat with around 50 migrants on board, which was en route to Italy, was in danger of capsizing in a storm with gusts of eleven

.

The

and passing ships had tried in vain to help the people.

Because of the high waves, this was not possible.

“What the tugs did is madness,” said an officer of the coast guard of the

.

Nobody leaves port with a storm like this.  

Monster storm: Medicane reaches Greece - tourist videos show how storms hit the island

Update from September 18, 9.45 am

: The

currently raging on the

in the Ionian Sea.

The island of

is

particularly

affected.

On Twitter, numerous videos show the force of the storm, which brings heavy rainfalls and wind speeds of up to 180 km / h with it.

#Medicane #ianos is currently moving through Kefalonia.

Lots of water and an incredibly strong wind.

pic.twitter.com/ioOt9lr7ip

- Ion Linardatos (@IonLinardatos) September 18, 2020

Tourists even report

caused by the

social media

.

The worst seems to be ahead of the islanders and holidaymakers alike.

Worst is yet to come apparently.

Will be in the eye of #Ianos in a couple of hours 👍🏻 perfect #Kefalonia pic.twitter.com/A7NjsWaHwc

- Jack 🏆 (@ Jack_T_92) September 18, 2020

Storm: Medicane "Ianos" reaches Greece - Ryanair has to reroute flights

Update from September 18, 7.27 a.m

.: Because of the

message

the first flights were diverted on Friday.

Two

aircraft

could not

land

as planned on the island of

in the Ionian Sea in

the morning

and were

diverted

to

.

According to the

news agency

, a sailboat was swept away by the waves off the island of Ithaki, and the two occupants were able to save themselves on the shore.

The civil protection authority warned against any unnecessary travel during the storm.

Update from September 17, 8:03 p.m

.: The

, a

has

reached

.

Thursday afternoon was particularly the west of the country around the islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia and Ithaca.

The civil defense has already alerted all affected regions: “Don't take to the streets.

Secure everything that can fly around.

Go to the higher floors if there is a flood. ”

Heavy rains and stormy winds are also expected

in the capital

on Friday

.

One could, however, "not say exactly how the

move," said meteorologist Lagouvardos on state television.

Storm in Greece: Worry about the Medicane (hurricane) - "Could be pretty violent"

First report from September 16

: Athens -

Summer is back

in

.

An acute heat high is currently causing unusual temperatures above the 30 mark *.

These spheres may soon be a thing of the past again, but all in all, things can be endured well in Germany at the moment.

In the meantime, things are different in

- in the

it is getting pretty uncomfortable.

Weather: Hurricane in Greece - what is a medicane?

The fault is a so-called

, a hurricane *

.

The weather phenomenon is wreaking havoc in the

between

and

and is not so unusual for late summer and early autumn when the water temperatures are highest.

The tropical-like storm is said to bring waves up to ten meters high and hurricane gusts of up to 180 kilometers per hour.

A so-called “warm core” is

characteristic of a

, as

explains to wetter.de.

"That means that the warmest air is right in the center of the storm - similar to the eye of a

."

Weather: Worry about the Medicane - Storm in Greece "could be pretty violent"

The meteorologist describes the situation on site as follows: “

A very dangerous storm is brewing in the

.

Even if the weather computers still see some uncertainties in the details, it could get pretty intense. ”The water temperatures in the

could also be a decisive negative factor

.

“Since they are sometimes over 27 degrees, the storm, which is now developing from a 'normal' low, has more and more tropical characteristics.

From a meteorological point of view, it becomes a so-called medicane - a Mediterranean

. " 

Hurricane-like storm with hurricane gusts, thunderstorms and torrential rain threatens Greece on Friday

Let's hope that the extremely strong forecast storm does not come like this: https://t.co/RKej15F010 #Wetter #Medicane #Greece #Ionis #Unwetter #Griechenland # Hurricane #storm pic.twitter.com/qoJ7goVaVA

- wetteronline.de (@WetterOnline) September 16, 2020

Weather: Medicane sweeps over Greece - holiday islands endangered by hurricane phenomenon

In the

are some popular holiday islands such as

or

.

Because of the

, it could

now become problematic

for tourists

, as

explains: "On the open sea, the weather models currently calculate peak gusts on Thursday evening and on Friday night up to 180 kilometers per hour."

The

and

“could also get heavy hurricane gusts over 120 km / h on the coasts.

There are also heavy, thundery downpours, which should bring 100 to 200 liters per square meter at the top.

In addition, the storm lashes the

meter high.

The waves should reach between five and ten meters. ”So the region is facing unrelaxed days.

When does the first snow come?

Now there are first forecasts *.

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