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A total of 62 fires broke out in the last 24 hours, most of them due to lightning during the powerful weather front raging in Greece on Thursday, the Fire Brigade said.

Thirteen people trapped in their vehicles by the snow at Stefani, Viotia have been successfully rescued and transferred to safety in the village of Skourta, the fire brigade announced on Monday.

A huge operation to rescue a 41-year-old man that lost his bearings and ended up in a gorge in the area of Ano Korakiana on Corfu continued on Wednesday under very difficult weather conditions.