The specter of a "medicane", a Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone, hitting the southern Ionian sea region and southwest Greece on Friday has caused concern in the country and heightened media attention.
The extremely rare low pressure front moving from west to east has a good chance of generated winds of up to 12 on the Beaufort scale, torrential rains and even a hurricane-like storm "eye".
On Wednesday, most ferry boat routes were cancelled due to extremely rough seas in the Aegean.
