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

2020-09-18T08:14:20.303Z


High waves and violent gusts of hurricane: it will soon be uncomfortable in Greece. The fault is the weather phenomenon of the Medicanes.


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, 9.45 am

: The

Medicane (hurricane) "Ianos" is

currently raging on the

Greek islands

in the Ionian Sea.

The island of

Kefalonia

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

power outages

caused by the

Medican on

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

Medicanes in Greece

(see original

message

)

the first flights were diverted on Friday.

Two

Ryanair

aircraft

could not

land

as planned on the island of

Kefalonia

in the Ionian Sea in

the morning

and were

diverted

to

Athens

.

According to the

ANA

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

Medicane

, a

hurricane in the Mediterranean

has

reached

Greece

.

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

Athens

on Friday

.

One could, however, "not say exactly how the

Medicane will

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

Germany

.

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

Greece

- in the

Mediterranean region

it is getting pretty uncomfortable.

Weather: Hurricane in Greece - what is a medicane?

The fault is a so-called

Medicane

, a hurricane *

in the Mediterranean

.

The weather phenomenon is wreaking havoc in the

Ionian Sea

between

Italy

and

Greece

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

Medicane

, as

RTL meteorologist Björn Alexander

explains to wetter.de.

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

hurricane

."

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

Mediterranean

.

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

Ionian Sea

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

. " 

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

Ionian Sea there

are some popular holiday islands such as

Corfu

or

Kefalonia

.

Because of the

Medicanes

, it could

now become problematic

for tourists

, as

Björn Alexander

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

Ionian Islands

and

parts of Greece

“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

Mediterranean

meter high.

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

(as) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network

When does the first snow come?

Now there are first forecasts *.

List of rubric lists: © - / NOAA / AP / dpa

Source: merkur

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