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Two dead, as thousands of lightning bolts devastate GreeceTwo workers were killed due to extreme weather conditions that hit Greece on Tuesday morning in the Peloponesse and the western part of the country.According to initial reports, one of the field workers was killed after he was struck by lighting in the region of Lechena in Ilia, while other, also a field worker, was killed in the region of Messinia.Greece was hit by a barrage of lightning bolts, with the “Zeus” lightning recording system of the National Observatory of Athens recording more than 10,500 lightning strikes by 13:00, of which about 7,000 were above the sea and 3,500 above land.The downpour was devastating for the seaside village of Agia Efimia in Kefalonia, which was flooded and buried in the mud as torrents of water descended on the port. Other islands such as Ithaca also experienced heavy rains.