Zeus the king of the 12 Greek gods myth has it that he reigns over his domain from Mount Olympus on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia.
Zeus is also the god who rains lighting down in earth and mortals. This time over 50 sheep were killed by lightning in Metsovo, northern Greece. They were struck by lightning during a midday thunderstorm on Tuesday (Greece time), AMNA reported.
According to Greek state broadcaster ERT, frequent thunderstorms have broken out in recent days and they have been particularly intense with lots of lightning. Greece is high on the list of recorded deaths of people struck by lightning in Europe.
“Unfortunately, Greece has statistically probably the highest number of deaths than other countries in Europe due to lightning,” said the training director of the Hellenic Rescue Team, Zafiris Trombakas, in an interview with the Athens-Macedonian News Agency‘s radio station.
