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Spring Weather! At least for the next five days…

March 16, 2019 weather 0

Bright sunshine and mild temperatures over 18 degrees Celsius in the large parts of the country. Excluded from the fair weather are Crete and the Dodecanese, with a high possibility of rainfalls, on Saturday. According to weather forecast, the fair weather is expected to last until next Wednesday, when powerful …

Barometric low to strike Greece with rain, storms and snow

March 14, 2019 weather 0

So far, the month of March has shown that it cannot decided whether it’s a month belonging spring or winter. One day bright sunshine, two days rain and cold. Sunshine on Thursday? Rain and storm on Friday… In this pace and sense, a new barometric low coming from the West …

Ferry services resume after winds in open seas weaken

March 13, 2019 weather 0

Ferry services around Greece resumed normal operation after strong winds started to abate on Wednesday. Ships were banned from sailing on Wednesday morning due to powerful winds reaching up to 9 and even 10 Beaufort. The Aghia Marina-Nea Styra and Kavala-Prinos ferry links were not running still at 2 p.m. …

Ferries remain docked at several Greek ports due to powerful winds

March 13, 2019 weather 0

Ferries and ships remain docked at the ports of Rafina and Lavrio in Attica and other ports across Greece on Wednesday, due to strong winds blowing with intensity of up to 9 Beaufort and locally up to 10 B. Ferry links Aghia Marina-Nea Styra, Kavala-Prinos, Kavala-Thassos, Kyllini-Zakynthos and Kyllini-Kefalonia are …

Spectacular temperature drop of up to 19°C in Northern Greece

March 12, 2019 weather 0

A spectacular temperature drop from up to 19 degrees Celsius has been recorded in northern Greece, and specifically in West Macedonia in the last 24 hours. While temperature reached 20.6°C on Monday noon, the thermometer showed 1.9°C at 13:30 Tuesday noon. Three hours later, strong winds started to blow and …

Weather Warning: Storms, Rainfalls, Snow, Temperature drop up to 12C

March 11, 2019 weather 0

While the last few days were full with a bright sunshine and mild temperatures, the Greek National Meteorological Service has issued a warning of an extraordinary weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and snow and temperature down by up to 12 degrees Celsius. According to EMY, the weather will dramatically change …

ROADS app informs motorists about weather conditions in Greece’s network

March 10, 2019 weather 0

The National Observatory of Athens has launched a new service ROADS that allows motorists to see the weather conditions across the road network of Greece. The application forecasts the roads weather conditions for the next three days and with a time range of three hours. The weather conditions on the …

Flooding phenomena force locals to abandon their homes in Evia

March 5, 2019 weather 0

Dozens of o houses have been flooded, fruit and vegetable crops have been destroyed, the road network in many places is inaccessible and dangerous because the water height exceeds one meter in some areas. Residents in Liani Ammos, Agia Eleousa and Dokos are desperate and abandon their homes and businesses …

Crete: Record rainfall for 41 consecutive hours, 15,500 lightnings on Feb 24-26

March 5, 2019 weather 0

Non-stop rain, for 41 consecutive hours, hit the island of Crete between February 24 and 26, while a total of 15,500 bolts of lightning fell, data released by the National Observatory of Athens (NOA) has shown. The unprecedented rainfall flooded mainly the West part of Crete and caused huge damages …

Waterspout “collides” with Kefalonia ferry in Ionian Sea (videos)

March 3, 2019 weather 0

The captain, the crew and the passengers could not believe their eyes, when they realized a waterspout was about the unload over the ferry sailing in the Ionian Sea. Ship Fioro di Levante was sailing from Kyllini, West Peloponnese, to the island of Kefalonia on Saturday afternoon, when it “collided” …

Weather damages in Crete’s infrastructure may exceed €100mn (videos)

February 28, 2019 Video GRID, weather 0

The video shot by a drone shows the damages and the floods in Chania Prefecture caused by barometric low Okeanis that stroke the West past of Crete with powerful rainfalls. It is mostly the infrastructure on the island that suffered immense destruction due to landslides and soil erosion. The road …

Soil erosion threatens villages on Crete, Army installs portable bridges

February 27, 2019 Video GRID, weather 0

Following days of powerful rainfalls, soil erosion threatens villages in Platanias Municipality, Crete. With portable, prefabricated bridges the Greek Army tries to re-connect villages with the outside world, after several main bridges collapsed. The video shows the moment when the historical Keritis bridge over Alikianos River collapses as its foundation …

On cliff edge: Torrential rainfalls cause landslides on Santorini (videos)

February 27, 2019 weather 0

Homeowners in Firostefani on the island of Santorini are desperately seeking for help, after the bad weather triggered landslides and some homes are now on the edge of the cliff. The video below was posted by the Director of Environment of the Municipality of Firostefani is revealing of the …

Chania: Body of 61-year-old breeder missing in Cretan floods found

February 26, 2019 weather 0

Tragic end for the 24-hour for the operation in Chania: the body of the 61-year-old breeder was found between Georgioupolis and Vryses, 10km away from where the man was swept away. The Search and Rescue operation in Chania Prefecture concluded with a tragedy short after 12:300 Tuesday noon. The breeder’s …

Authorities order evacuations in Rethymno due to river overflowing (videos)

February 25, 2019 weather 1

Authorities have ordered the evacuation of homes in Platanes in Rethymnon Municipality following serious indications that the Platanias River is overflowing. Especially residents whose homes are near the river or at risk of been flooded have been ordered to evacuate. Several basements have been already flooded as of Monday evening, …

One missing, bridge collapse as torrential rains flood Chania and Rethymno (videos)

February 25, 2019 weather 0

One person is missing, a historical bridge collapsed and landslides occurred on the national road after torrential rainfalls have been striking the island of Crete since Sunday afternoon. A breeder is missing after his car was swept away and two women were trapped in their home when rocks fell on …

Streets turn into rivers as torrential rains strike Chania (videos)

February 24, 2019 weather 0

For one more time in February, the city of Chania on the island of Crete was hit but torrential rains on Sunday afternoon. Within minutes, the narrow streets of Koum Kapi area were flooded as the guts were not able to cope with the volume of water. Ten houses on …

Extreme Weather Warning for Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese

February 24, 2019 weather 0

Ferries remain docked at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio on Sunday, February 24th 2019, as powerful winds are blowing with intensity of 8-9 Beaufort and locally up to 10 B. Barometric low “Okeanis” has moved in the South of Greece, and meteorologists warn of extreme weather phenomena in …

Heavy snowfalls, powerful winds disrupt Greece’s sea-, air-traffic (videos)

February 23, 2019 weather 0

Heavy snow-falls on the north-aegean island of Samothraki make traffic impossible as they are accompanied by powerful north winds striking with up to 116 km/h. Snowplows from local authorities and the Greek Army started to work since the early morning hours in order to improve the situation on the traffic …

“Okeanis” to strike Greece with snowfalls, sharp temperature drop, winds up to 10B

February 21, 2019 weather 0

Enjoy the Greek sunshine and warmth as much as you can, because a new cold wave coming from the Siberia is expected to sweep across Greece. Barometric low “Okeanis” will strike the country as of Friday, 22. February 2019, with freezing temperatures, heavy snowfalls, gale-force North-East winds, powerful rainfalls, thunderstorms …

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