Greece’s Civil Protection has warned of severe weather and the risk of flooding. During a live briefing on Thursday evening, Civil Protection issued a warning to citizens in several regions of the country. Vasilis Papageorgiou, Secretary General of Civil Protection, said that intense weather events, heavy rains and thunderstorms are expected over the next 24 […]
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Tourist missing in Evia during storm found
A tourist has been found who disappeared on Mount Dirfi during a rain and thunderstorm that swept through Greece. The 36-year-old man called the fire department’s emergency services on Wednesday evening to say he had gotten lost in the storm and was trying to get to the Dirfi shelter on the island of Evia. Shortly […]
Hurricane Ylenia paralyzed railway traffic and closed schools in Germany
On the night of February 17, a powerful hurricane with the beautiful name Ilenia hit Germany. The main blow fell on the northern and western regions of the country. Schools were canceled in the country, railway traffic was partially paralyzed, reports Deutsche Welle. The most formidable blow of the elements fell on the northern part […]
Unprecedented hail in Santorini and Paros (video)
An unprecedented hailstorm hit the island of Santorini on Thursday, which locals describe as “like stones falling from the sky.” Heavy hail and rain damaged vehicles and damaged agriculture, and temperatures at the popular summer resort dropped to 1 degree Celsius, an extremely rare occurrence on the island. The storm also disabled an airport runway […]
Bad weather returns: rain, storms and snow from Tuesday
EMY issued a severe weather bulletin, warning of rain, storms, snowfall and high winds from Tuesday through Thursday. According to EMY (Greek meteorological service), the weather is expected to worsen from Tuesday noon (01-02-2022) to Thursday (03-02-2022), with the main characteristics of the cyclone that will come to Greece will be rain and storms , […]
Warning: Flooding expected in Attica
According to experts, the trouble caused by snowfall on Monday was a prelude, and the real problems are yet to come. The cyclone that is already this evening hit the north of Greece, brings with it not only snow, but also rains with thunderstorms, which, in conditions of high snow cover, can cause dangerous floods. […]
Cyclone Elpida: problems with electricity in the suburbs of Athens
Electricity problems were recorded on Monday afternoon in areas of Athens, and in the south of the metropolitan area there were localized power outages. Power outages were reported in New Philadelphia, Nea Ionia, Chalandri, Patissia, Pagrati, Anfusa, Dau Pentelis and Marathon. The problems are mainly associated with damage from falling branches or trees on the […]
Cyclone "Elpis": in which areas will snow fall in the coming hours
Bad weather “Elpis” hit Greece in the early morning, and in some areas, in addition to the onset of frost, it also snowed. According to the latest meteorological forecast, locally, light snowfall or sleet is expected today, January 22, even at low altitudes in the Eastern mainland of Greece, in the North Aegean and Northeast […]
Greece Extreme Weather Warning: Heavy Rains, Thunderstorms, Hurricane Winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service has issued a deteriorating weather alert with intense weather events such as heavy rains, thunderstorms and hurricane winds. The weather is predicted to start worsening on Thursday evening, December 9, gradually affecting the entire country and continuing until early Sunday morning, December 12, 2021. Thursday evening to Friday noon: 9-10 December: […]
An old man died in the Peloponnese when his car was blown away by a pouring rain
A 65-year-old man was found dead after his car was swept away on Friday by a swollen stream during a downpour in Ilia, in the southern Peloponnese. His body was found by rescuers, about 300 meters from the car. According to a local news site ilialive, the victim, a retired teacher from the village of […]
Cyclone "Nearchos" ready to strike Greece
In the next 24 hours, the Mediterranean cyclone Nearchos is expected to hit Greece. Meteorologists make their forecasts, but the cyclone is too unpredictable … Cloudy weather with rain and thunderstorms that are likely to be short-lived but heavy is expected from Sunday 31 October, according to the National Meteorological Service’s weather forecast. According to […]
Russian tourists whose catamaran crashed on the rocks escaped
The footage of the video captures scenes of the rescue of Russian tourists who were caught by Cyclone Ballos on the high seas. A catamaran with 9 foreigners crashed into the rocks at the Alimos pier during weather disasters caused by the passage of a cyclone. According to notia.gr, the ship was struck by lightning, […]