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A tornado struck the Kalpaki area near Ioannina in northwestern Greece late Wednesday, destroying a poultry farm, damaging military facilities and uprooting dozens of trees, local authorities said.
Kalpaki Mayor Kostas Kapsalis told the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency that the twister flattened a poultry farm with about 30,000 chickens. Strong winds tore the roofs off three buildings before the walls collapsed, killing the birds inside.
The tornado also caused damage at the nearby Kalpaki military camp, which is in the process of being shut down. Officials said the storm damaged a church inside the grounds of the camp, along with perimeter walls and guard posts. The small number of soldiers stationed there were transferred to the city of Ioannina as a precaution.