Corfu & Epirus hit by torrential rain & strong winds, streets flooded (VIDEO-PHOTOS)

The adverse weather is expected to continue until Sunday

 

The severe weather affecting Corfu in the last 24 hours has brought torrential rain and strong winds exceeding 8 in the Beaufort scale, while port authorities have cancelled services for open type ferries to nearby Igoumenitsa and Paxos.

In Lefkimi, in southern Corfu, a woman in a car was swept away by rushing waters that flooded the town’s main streets and was rescued by residents who reached her in the nick of time.

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The fire department has been called in to cut fallen trees blocking roads while a car was smashed by a fallen tree trunk.

The region of Epirus has been hit as well.

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The adverse weather is expected to continue until Sunday.

Source: thegreekobserver.com