Peloponnese

Strong autumnal showers and thunderstorms are expected to sweep into the Ionian Sea and across western Greece on Tuesday, before spreading east to other parts of the country, the national weather service (HNMS) has warned.

Heavy rain, storms and strong winds were expected to hit various parts of Greece late Sunday and through Tuesday morning, the country's National Meteorological Service (EMY) warned on Saturday.

Catamarans are lined up in the harbor at Nafplio, in the northeastern Peloponnese, on Wednesday, at the end of day five of the 10th Catamaran Cup. Launched by Istion Yachting in 2010, the event has become one of the most popular on the regatta calendar, drawing entries from 18 countries. The race, which takes place in the Saronic and Argolic gulfs, ends on Saturday.

Two people were killed by lightning in western Greece on Tuesday when a wave of bad weather swept western Greece.
The first incident involved a 35-year-old migrant worker in Lechaina, in the regional unit of Ileia in the Peloponnese.

The General Secretariat for Civil Protection has warned that the risk of wildfires would remain very high on Wednesday in six of the country's regions: Attica, the northern Aegean, the Peloponnese, mainland Greece, western Greece and eastern Macedonia and Thrace.

The agency said it has briefed regional and local authorities to be on standby for fires in those areas.

Greek authorities on Monday intercepted a smuggling boat carrying 80 migrants northeast of Antikythera island between Crete and the Peloponnese.
The vessel, a Turkish-flagged sailboat, was spotted by Greek Coast Guard officers.
Two suspects were arrested for human trafficking.

The installation of an underwater high-voltage electricity cable connecting the Peloponnese to the mainland across the Rio-Antirrio straits in western Greece was completed on Monday.

The monumental palace complex of Iklaina, majestic in its well-ordered simplicity, comes as something of a surprise in the hills northeast of the seaside town of Pylos in the southwestern Peloponnese.

The risk of wildfires this weekend remains high in six regions around the country, according to the General Secretariat for Civil Protection.

Deputy Energy Minister Gerasimos Thomas on Friday asked for the resignations of the board of Greece's power distribution agency (DEDDIE), following the helicopter crash on the island of Poros last Tuesday.