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 […]
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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, […]
More than 75 million tons of water fell in Attica, Ilia and Evia
Efthymis Lekkas, professor of dynamic tectonics, applied geology and disaster management EKPA, said that more than 75,000,000 tonnes of precipitation fell during Cyclone Ballos in Attica, Evia and Ilia. As he explained, this is an unprecedented phenomenon that has reached the limits of the extreme. “We’re dealing with a downpourthat fell in three different regions, […]
When cyclone Balos leaves Athens
Cyclone “Balos”, which since yesterday morning hit the central part of Greece and directly on Athens, is in no hurry to leave Attica. At the moment, its center is located south of the island of Ithaca and in the next day it will quickly move to central Greece and to Halkidiki, continuing to carry with […]
A shepherd who disappeared in Evia was found dead, according to the fire department
A 69-year-old shepherd who went missing near a village in southern Evia on Thursday evening was found dead, the fire department said Friday afternoon. According to a press release, the man was found unconscious in a riverbed in the Tsakayoy region of southern Evia. Calling the fire department yesterday, at about 22:00, the man said […]
Bus from Piraeus drowned on the road due to heavy rain
Shocking footage of the B1 bus from Piraeus to Voula drowning under a bridge spread throughout the Greek media. Fortunately, none of the passengers were injured, except for wet clothes and damaged shoes. This afternoon, residents of the Attica metropolitan area received an emergency message from the Ministry of Citizens’ Protection – service 112, which […]
Schools in Attica and other regions closed on October 15 after students were evacuated (video)
Following an unprecedented evacuation of students from a flooded school in western Athens, authorities have decided to close all schools in the Attica area, including Athens, Piraeus and the suburbs, on Friday October 15, 2021, as weather is forecast to deteriorate due to cyclone Ballos. Day and night schools in the same areas are closed […]
Cyclone "Balos": emergency alert for residents of Attica
Residents of Attica received an emergency message today at about 12 noon from the Ministry of Citizens’ Protection – service 112, which warns of the danger of heavy rains that cyclone Ballos brought to the metropolitan area. The Ministry of Climate Crises and Civil Protection informed the citizens that extreme weather events will affect the […]