January 19, 2023
FEATURED, weather
Ferries were forbidden to sail from the ports of Zakynthos and Kefalonia on Thursday morning, January 19, due to strong winds blowing in the southern Ionian Sea. According to Levante Ferries, the ferries from Poros (Kefalonia) to Kyllini departing at 9:00, from Zakynthos to Kyllini departing at 09:45 and from …
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September 8, 2022
Earthquake, FEATURED, Society
A earthquake stroke with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale between the islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. Greece’s Geodynamic Institute announced. The tremor occurred at 10:36 Thursday morning 70 km West of Zakunthos and 57km South-West of Lixouri on Kefalonia. It focal depth was …
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September 2, 2022
weather
A rare phenomenon of twin waterspouts occurred off the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea, western Greece, on Friday. the twin waterspouts occurred as a bad weather with heavy rains and thunderstorms hits large parts of the country for one more time. Weather warning by EMY here on KTG. …
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May 22, 2022
FEATURED, Society, Very Mix
The foreign national currently treated in an Athens hospital is not infected with the monkeypox virus but with chickenpox, first results of laboratory tests showed on Sunday night. The 29-year-old tourist was considered the first suspected case of monkeypox in Greece. In laboratory tests conducted at the Attikon hospital and …
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May 21, 2022
FEATURED, Very Mix
The first monkeypox suspicious cases has been detected in Greece. Affected is reportedly a 29-year-old foreign national who together with his partner was having vacation on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. According to media reports on Saturday night, the man from the United Kingdom has skin rashes …
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November 19, 2021
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake rattled the island of Kefalonia with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale. It occurred short before 3:30 p.m on Friday afternoon. According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, its epicenter was 17 km West of Argostoli, the capital of the island. It …
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September 14, 2021
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled the islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea early afternoon Tuesday, September 14, 2021. According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athen, the epicenter of the earthquake was 35 kilometers south-west of Volimes village on Zakynthos. …
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July 4, 2021
environment
The big wildfire on the island of Kefalonia is raging also on Sunday morning, burning down thousands of acres and creating a suffocating atmosphere. The strong winds make the work of dozens of firefighters extremely difficult. Several villages and settlements have been evacuated, among them Kaparandriti, Agia Rini, Markopoulo, Kremmidi, …
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October 13, 2020
weather
The storm that hit Attica in early morning Tuesday caused unprecedented damages in several suburbs of the Greek capital. Mostly affected was Neo Heraklio in north-western Athens, where heavy rainfall and powerful winds uprooted dozens of trees and power columns, and broke even windows in houses and other buildings. Three …
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September 20, 2020
FEATURED, Social, weather
Tons of rocks flooded the village Assos in the west coast of Kefalonia, trapped people in their homes, buried vehicles, destroyed houses and businesses. The picturesque harbor of the village is practically non-existent. The torrential rainfalls of medicane Ianos brought rocks, mud and other debris from the mountain. There is …
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September 18, 2020
FEATURED, weather
All through the night, Medicane IANOS was swirling over the Ionian islands and western Peloponnese, with gale-force winds and heavy rainfalls. Mostly hit were the islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Ithaca. Roof tops were swept away, electricity was cut and many boats sunk. Winds reaching at times up to 12 …
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September 17, 2020
FEATURED, weather
The islands of Zakynthos, Kefalonia and Ithaki in the Ionian Sea and the regions on Achaia, Arkadia, Messinia in Peloponnese and Aitoloakarnania in western Greece have been declared in state of “special civil protection mobilization” Thursday noon due to Medicane Ianos. The decision was announced by head of Civil Protections …
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August 26, 2020
Very Mix
A boat that has been missing since last Friday was found at a beach of Lefkada on Wednesday. The speed boat was found by bathers and it was abandoned at a small beach west of the popular Kathisma beach. The four passengers of the boat are still missing. An investigation …
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July 25, 2020
Earthquake
An earthquake hit with 4.4. on the Richter scale the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea early Saturday morning. The epicenter was in the sea area, 17 km South-West of the island’s capital Argostoli. The earthquake occurred at 4:38 a.m. and had a focal depth of 8.6 km. The …
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January 19, 2020
Earthquake
A strong earthquake stroke with the magnitude of 4.8 R the island of Kefalonia in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 19, 2020. It is the second earthquake in less than 48 hours that strikes the islands in the Ionian Sea. The epicenter of the tremor was located near …
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November 13, 2019
weather
Home and businesses were flooded and landslides have trapped people in theirs homes as thunderstorm Victoria hit several regions of Greece. Gale-force winds caused power outages and halted sea traffic between mainland and the islands in the Ionian Sea. #Storm #Victoria approaching #Athens now pic.twitter.com/u3u3egrAD4 — Christina Themelis (@tinathemelis) November …
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October 31, 2019
weather
A heavy rainstorm poured down in Attica around 2 o’ clock Thursday noon, causing power outage in several areas of Athens and Piraeus. Traffic lights stopped in the area around the Hilton hotel in downtown Athens causing endless traffic jams. In less than an hour, the Firee Service received 12 …
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October 4, 2019
weather
Schools remain closed on Friday on Kefalonia and Ithaki after a heavy storm stroke the two islands in the Ionian Sea. Streets were flooded with tons of mud, power outages occurred as trees swept by the strong winds fell on the power supply network. Picture via Dennis Kakoniktis FB Many …
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September 24, 2019
weather
Thunderbolts have killed two men in West Peloponnese as severe thunderstorms have been striking West Greece since Tuesday morning. Homes and streets were flooded in Ilia Prefecture, large areas without power. On the island of Kefalonia, mud floods covered the streets of seaside village Agia Efthymia. A 35-year-old man was …
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September 19, 2019
Very Mix
A touristic bus landed in the swimming pool of a hotel in Travliata on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. Local news website inkefalonia reports that there was only one passenger in the bus during the accident. Nobody was injured. The main scenario is that the handbrake went …
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