Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued an emergency report on Wednesday, warning of a heatwave that will hit the country with temperatures up to 41 degrees Celsius. At the same time, other meteorologists forecast that after the heatwave is over on Sunday, August 21, unstable weather will follow with a …
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Heatwave to hit Greece with up 40°-42° Celsius; risk of fires
Meteorologists forecast high temperatures in Greece in the coming days, around 4 to 7 degrees Celsius above the seasonal average. According to the National Meteorological Service EMY the heatwave temperatures are expected to reach up to 42 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country on Friday and Saturday, August …
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Summer rainstorm floods Volos; two injured; Wind-spout on Lemnos
It started to pour in Volos short before 5 o’ clock Sunday afternoon and within an hour the heavy rainstorm lasted, it flooded main roads, homes and businesses in the capital of the regional unit of Magnisia in Central Greece. Two people were injured. The phenomenon hit the …
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Impressive and scary waterspout in Halkidiki (pcts, vids)
An impressive and at the same time terrifying waterspout was formed close to the coast on the first “leg” of Halkidiki peninsula on Sunday morning. Immediately sunbathers at the beach of Xenia by the village of Paliouri in the south of Kassandra grabbed their mobiles to capture the spectacular phenomenon. …
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Greece Weather Warning: Rain, thunderstorms, hail in mid-August
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of weather instability with rainfalls, thunderstorms and even hail. The warning is valid for the upcoming three days, August 12-14, 2022, while the peak of the bad weather is forecast on Sunday, with a high frequency of lightning and hail. …
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Heatwave, strong winds, lack of humidity favor fires outbreak in Greece
Conditions are expected to be difficult and dangerous throughout the week July 25-31 2022, as both high temperatures and a lack of humidity favor the outbreak of fires. The situation will worsen as of the middle of the week, as north winds will strengthen at least in the Aegean Sea. …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heatwave with up to 42°C until end of July
A heatwave with up to 40°-42° Celsius is forecast to hit Greece, the National Meteorological Service EMY has warned. According to an emergency bulletin issued Friday noon, the prolonged heatwave is expected to last until the end of July. The heatwave is forecast to set in on Saturday, July 23, …
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Skyros, Thassos, Crete heavily hit by torrential rainfalls (picts)
Torrential rainfalls have been hitting several parts of Greece from the north to the south, flooding streets, homes and businesses and destroying infrastructure. The sporades islands but also Thassos were badly hurt by the rainstorms, while Crete was hit as well. Two bridges collapsed, streets turned into rivers and tourists …
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Greece Severe Weather Warning: Heavy Rainfalls & Thunderstorms
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning on severe weather with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms with very frequent lightning strikes as well as hail. The bad weather front is forecast to set in short before Friday noon, July 8, and continue until later Saturday night, July 9, 2022. Especially …
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Heatwave strikes Greece with up to 42.1°C; over 40°C recorded in 18 areas
Unseasonably high temperatures were recorded at midday Thursday, June 23, in several regions in Greece as the first heatwave of the year hit the country. Thessaly and eastern Central Greece were the areas most affected by the heatwave recording up to 42.1 degrees Celsius. According to the National Observatory of …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heatwave with temperatures up to 41° Celsius
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin on Monday warning of a heatwave with soaring temperatures that will reach 40 to 41 degrees Celsius in the coming days. At the same there is a warning for rainstorms on the hottest day of the week. According to EMY, maximum …
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GENESIS in Greece: 27,000 lightning strikes; floods; forecast weekend (videos, maps)
Over 27,000 lightning strikes fell in less than 24 hours on Friday, with stormy weather GENESIS to hit large parts of Greece with no mercy. Heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms confirmed the forecasts for strong and dangerous weather phenomena. Floods occurred in several parts of the country and the Fire service …
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Greece’s Civil Protection on alert, warns of floods due to GENESIS
Greece’s Civil Protection warned of the dangerous weather phenomena and the risk of floods. In a live broadcast briefing early Thursday evening, the Civil Protection warned citizens in several regions of the country. Secretary general secretary of Civil Protection, Vassilis Papageorgiou said that the most dangerous 24-hour period is expected …
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Weather front GENESIS: New Warning of Dangerous phenomena in Greece
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a new emergency bulletin early Thursday afternoon warning of dangerous weather phenomena. Bad weather front called GENESIS is forecast to strike the country in the next few hours with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms accompanying by hail, heavy frequency of lightning and strong winds. The …
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Thunderbolts turn night into day; 7,400 strikes on Monday (videos)
Over 7,400 thunderbolts were recorded across Greece on Monday as a barometric low stroke the country. Especially at night, in the Saronic Gulf it was a rare spectacle to see the thunderstorm moving from West to the East and hundreds of thunderbolts to “dance” in the night sky before they …
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Greece Weather Warning: Rain, Thunderstorms, Hail, strong Winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin on Monday warning of weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, accompanied by a high frequency of lightning, locally hail-falls and temporary strong winds. via EMY Managing director Thodoris Kolydas Deterioration comes after a hot weekend in the most parts of …
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Greece: Hot weekend with temperature reaching up to 37°-38° Celsius
Greece’s meteorologists forecast a very hot weekend with temperature reaching up to 37-38 degrees Celsius, before it gradually starts to drop on Monday and the weather will be quite unstable in the mainland at the beginning of upcoming week. Temperature will reach up to 36° Celsius on Saturday, June 4, …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms after the heatwave
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY warns of weather deterioration with locally strong rainfalls and thunderstorms that will most possible be accompanied with hailfalls. The weather warning issued for Sunday, May 29, 2020, comes after a mini heatwave with temperatures up to 38 degrees Celsius during the week that ends on …
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Greece Weather: Mini “heatwave” in May – Temperature up to 38° Celsius
A mini “heatwave” is forecast to hit Greece in the next days with temperatures expecting to reach up to 38 degrees Celsius, much above the seasonal average. The hottest days are expected to be Thursday and Friday, May 26-27. The heat wave will last until Saturday, May 28, where temperature …
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Stormy weather sweeps across Greece; child and three workers injured
A bad weather front sweeping across Greece with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms and powerful winds since Wednesday evening has led to the injuries of three adults and one child as well as to material damages. A 7-year-old boy was injured when the iron garden door in relatives house collapsed in …
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