A powerful storm in France on Sunday night captured almost the entire territory of the country: torrential downpours, incessant flashing of lightning, large hail. More than 50,000 lightning strikes were recorded by experts, one of them hit the Eiffel Tower. A hail the size of a golf ball hit the ground, damaging tens of thousands […]
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Storm warning issued for the Ionian Sea and Crete
According to the Bulletin of the National Meteorological Service, strong gusts of up to 9 points on the Beaufort scale will hit the waters of the Ionian Sea, and on Good Friday the storm will also come to the Adriatic Sea. According to the weather forecast, in the southern and southeastern parts of the Ionian […]
Ithaca “dressed in white” – bulldozers were used to clean the roads
A heavy hailstorm hit Ithaca on Tuesday afternoon, February 22nd. The rainfall caused serious problems on the island. The phenomenon was so intense that the mayor of Ithaca, Dionysis Stanicas, said: “In order to be able to clean the streets, heavy equipment had to be used. We treated the situation as if it had snowed. […]
Bad weather in Attica: rain, storms and hail
It is expected that a wave of bad weather, which will bring rain, storms and hail, will come to Greece from today. According to the weather forecast from the National Observatory of Athens/Meteo.gr, the weather will change from noon on Wednesday 16/02, starting from Western Greece, where there will be heavy rain and thunderstorms. Natural […]
Greece: emergency warning for storms, rainstorms and snowfall
The Greek civil protection service has issued an emergency storm warning and warned of an impending cyclone that will bring heavy rains, hail, heavy snowfalls and gale force winds up to 10 Beaufort into the country. Greece’s national meteorological service EMY issued a weather warning on Monday of worsening weather with heavy rains and thunderstorms, […]
Ships and ferries laid up in Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrion due to hurricane winds
Vessels and ferries in the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrion bound for the islands of the Cyclades, Dodecanese and Crete remained in port on Thursday due to strong winds reaching 9 on the Beaufort scale. Navigation in the Argosaronic Gulf – Angistri, Aegina, Hydra, Poros, Salamina and Spetses – is allowed only for closed […]
Under the screams of passengers and falling luggage: Getting off the ferry in a storm 9 points (video)
The passengers of the Skopelitis Express ferry were very upset when they saw how their ship was rocking while disembarking at the small pier of the Skoinous Island in the central part of the Aegean Sea, during the nine-point storm. The footage shows the ship swaying up and down, left and right, like a boat […]
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 […]