STORM AGNES: BOMB CYCLONE HITS IRELAND, UK WITH HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS
Gale Warnings were in effect for most of the Aegean Sea, Black Sea and coastal Greece through Sunday. The temperature was forecast to drop by 8 to 10 degrees in the Ionian region by Sunday. (Photo by Manolis LAGOUTARIS / AFP) (Photo by MANOLIS LAGOUTARIS/AFP via Getty Images)įorecasters said stormy weather was expected throughout the entire country, including heavy rain and snowfall in the highlands.
A navy helicopter picked up one crew member of the RAPTOR cargo ship, according to the coastguard, who has been taken to Lesbos General Hospital. A Comoros-flagged cargo ship with 14 people on board has sunk off the island of Lesbos in gale-force winds, the Greek coastguard said on November 26, 2023, prompting a major rescue operation. Medical staffs carry on a stretcher a survivor from the Comoros-flagged cargo ship that has sunk off the island of Lesbos, at a hospital on Lesbos Island on November 26, 2023.
