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Greece’s Civil Protection sent emergency messages to citizens via <112> on Saturday, urging them to limit their movement due to stormy winds that have already led to cancellation of sea traffic. At the same time, the National Meteorological Service updated its Weather Warning issued on Friday to Highest Category “RED.” …

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Residents on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea and the Achaia prefecture in western Peloponnese were alerted of upcoming dangerous weather phenomena with an emergency warning sms via <112>. The message urged them to minimize travel and take protective measures due to strong rain and gale-force winds. The …

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An emergency 112 alert has been sent to the mobiles of residents of the regions of Epirus, Western Greece, the Ionian Islands as well as the Western Peloponnese on Friday. The alert warns them of dangerous weather phenomena conditions in the next 24 hours, that is until late Saturday, October …

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Greeks were surprised on Saturday noon to receive warning messages by the Greek Civil Protection. After years of delay, the European Emergency number was finally set in operation even though not in full but as as intermediate solution, so far. The message came per SMS and was in Greek. It …

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