Regions of Greece have been subjected to severe rainfall and thunderstorms over the past 72 hours, which has caused widespread disruption and flash floods.
The storm has hit Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria claiming the lives of at least 14 people.
The wild weather has disrupted preparations for the rally with the FIA forced to cancel Thursday’s shakedown stage after already electing to shorten stage 14/15 Gremmeni (19.77km) by 10 kilometres for safety reasons.
Acropolis Rally officials continue to monitor the situation on an hourly basis and have stated that safety is paramount in all of its decisions.
The rally is set to continue, beginning with a super special stage on Thursday evening in Athens, 200km south east of host city Lamia.
Weather forecasts are predicting dry, hot weather to arrive from Saturday. Lamia experienced further rain on Thursday morning but it has since relented.
On the whole, drivers feel the conditions are acceptable for the rally to continue but have requested up-to-date videos of the stages before they complete their runs after rain hampered the recce.
“I think the idea is that the weather should improve a lot over the weekend, so I think that is why everyone is trying to maintain this race and make it happen,” Toyota’s Sebastien Ogier told Autosport.
“Obviously, if the weather carries on like this, personally I think it is not reasonable to continue. It looks like it should improve but of course it is difficult for us.
“We have had incredible extreme conditions during the recce, so it is hard to predict what is waiting for us on the road.”
Source: Autosport