January 14, 2025
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service has updated its Weather Emergency Bulletin warning of heavy rainfalls and storms locally, snowfalls in the mainland even at low altitudes and gale force winds. The intense weather phenomena are forecast to decrease in intensity from the evening hours of Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Further weakening …
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January 13, 2025
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Greek patent one of a kind: A heavy truck was parked on a manhole lid to stop sewage flooding again Poseidonos Avenue in Alimos part of the Athens Riviera. Heavy rainfall on Monday morning had for one more time flooded the area and the manhole cover was opened letting the …
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January 11, 2025
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning of a weather deterioration forecast to bring heavy snow- and rainfalls as well as locally strong thunderstorms, gale force winds and significant temperature drop. The bad weather front is forecast to affect the country from Sunday, January 12, until Tuesday, January 14, …
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December 6, 2024
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning of heavy rainfalls and storms accompanied by a high frequency of lightning and local hail. The locally intense phenomena are forecast to be in effect from Friday to Sunday, December 6-8, 2024. Residents of islands Rhodes, Chios, Samos, Psara received warning …
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December 2, 2024
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The tunnel of the Railway Network OSE in Tempi, central Greece, was flooded on Sunday when rainwater swept debris inside. Train traffic connecting Athens to Central and Northern Greece was disrupted and some trains had to stop even in the middle of the route or just before the tunnel, as …
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December 2, 2024
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Storm weather BORA will continue to affect parts of eastern and southern Greece also on Tuesday, December 3, and the National Meteorological Service EMY issued on Monday an update of its Emergency Bulletin of Hazardous Weather Phenomena. According to EMY Update, BORA will remain in effect as rainfalls and storms …
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December 2, 2024
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A man died in Halkidiki as the storm weather BORA has been hitting also northern Greece since Sunday. The man fell into a deep ditch with his truck and was found 8 hours later, early Monday morning. He most likely died of hypothermia. The 57-year-old man is the third victim …
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December 1, 2024
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Storm weather BORA hit the island of Rhodes with heavy rainfalls wreaking havoc and despair. Homes and businesses have been flooded, large areas turned into mud fields and and people were trapped in their cars and their homes. Authorities imposed a 24-hour traffic ban until all the roads have checked, …
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November 30, 2024
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Two men died on the island of Lemnos in northern Aegean Sea and residents in several regions including Attica and Rhodes received warning messages of intense weather phenomena and flood as storm weather BORA is sweeping across the country. Lemnos A 57-year-old farmer was found dead by firefighters in the …
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November 29, 2024
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a RED ALERT weather warning of the barometric low called BORA being formed in the Ionian Sea and slowly moving eastward. ⚠️EKTAKTO ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΕΠΙΚΙΝΔΥΝΩΝ ΚΑΙΡΙΚΩΝ ΦΑΙΝΟΜΕΝΩΝ Βαρομετρικό χαμηλό στο Ιόνιο κινούμενο αργά ανατολικά θα προκαλέσει κακοκαιρία στη χώρα μας. Το σύστημα αυτό λαμβάνει την …
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November 23, 2024
environment, FEATURED
The seas in Greece hit their warmest level in 40 years in the summer of 2024, a report by Greek researchers at the universities of Thessaloniki, Aegean, and Thrace has found. The researchers studied temperature reports for the Greek seas from satellites as of 1982 before concluding that the entire …
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November 21, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Greece signed an agreement on Thursday for the creation of a fund for the green transition of the islands. The Islands Decarbonization Fund targets investments of over 5 billion euros in renewable energy sources, electricity interconnections and water infrastructure on the islands, as well as the reduction of electricity bills …
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November 21, 2024
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Meteorologists in Greece forecast a significant drop of temperatures in the upcoming weekend, followed by snowfalls and local rainstorms. The weather is expected to deteriorate from Saturday, November 23, and the “winter invasion” will be of short duration, of some 48 hours. Main characteristics will be a significant temperature drop …
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November 15, 2024
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Residents of Thessaly, Evia, the Sporades islands and Fthiotida received an <112> emergency alert message at 17:30 on Friday warning them of the upcoming storm ALEXANDROS in their areas in Central Greece. The message of the Greek Civil Protection was warning them of “dangerous weather phenomena from Friday evening until …
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November 15, 2024
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a Red Alert warning of rainstorm ALEXANDROS forecast to sweep across many parts of the country with a duration of 30 to 36 hours. Red Alert is the highest warning category regarsing dangerous weather phenomena. A barometric low in the Ionian Sea and unstable …
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November 14, 2024
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Hundreds of dead birds have been spotted on the coastal road of Nafplio – Nea Kios in Argolida, eastern Peloponnese, at midday on Thursday, November 14. According to local media, the dead birds were spotted by residents of the area who informed authorities. Many of the dead birds were run …
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November 13, 2024
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The bad weather front is forecast to be extended beyond November 13, and last until Saturday, November 16, with rainfalls and temperature drop and the intense weather phenomena affecting also Athens and Attica. Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY has updated its weather warning issued on Monday, November 11, 2024. EMY …
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November 11, 2024
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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency weather report on Monday warning of heavy rainfalls and storms in the next 48 hours. The weather is forecast to deteriorate as of Monday afternoon, November 11, and last until Wednesday, November 13, 2024. 🎯Το επιφανειακό χαμηλό παραμένει σχεδόν στάσιμο στο Ιόνιο …
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November 6, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Firefighting forces on Wednesday continued to battle a fire in Vouprasio, Western Achaia in Peloponneseιν to prevent it from reaching the nearby protected forest of Strofylia and the wetland. #πυροσβεστες 🔥#εποχικοι 🆘 🔥Μεγάλη Φωτιά στην Στροφυλία Αχαΐας.Καίγεται ο υδροβιότοπος.Το Δάσος της Στροφυλιάς μαζί με τη λιμνοθάλασσα του Πάπα (Καλόγριας), τη …
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November 1, 2024
environment, FEATURED
Greece’s Fire Service has announced the extension of the fire ban period in several regions across the country until November 15, 2024. According to a statement, the fire ban period is extended in the following areas: -Attica Region: Central Athens, Northern Athens, Southern Athens, Western Athens, Piraeus, Islands, Eastern Attica …
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