A nightmare on the island of Crete hit by torrential rainfall: people trapped in their flooded homes, roads turned into rivers. Fire fighters rescue people, even “frogmen” of EMAK Rescue Team participate in Search and Rescue operations in swollen rivers. Tons of rushing waters piled up parked vehicles, or swept …
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Weather warning for heavy rain- and thunderstorms on Crete, Dodecanese
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms, possible hail fall and locally stormy wind. EMY said in its warning that the weather deterioration will affect the island of Crete as well as the Dodecanese with intense weather phenomena, , especially the south parts …
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Greece Weather Service issues Red Alert Warning Oct 27-29 (UPD)
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a Red Alert warning of a weather deterioration with heavy rainfall and thunderstorms locally intense that will be accompanied by hail and powerful winds reaching up to 8-9 Beaufort. The south winds will transfer Sahara Dust from North Africa. The weather deterioration is forecast …
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Breathtaking waterspouts in Rhodes, Santorini, Naxos (videos)
Residents and tourists stunned in awe the waterspouts forming off the islands of Rhodes, Santorini and Naxos on Wednesday. On the island of Rhodes,The waterspouts formed off Afantou and Kolympia reached the shore and caused damages and even lifted boats. Speaking to local media rodiaki, the president of Afantou Community, …
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Heavy rainstorm floods Crete, forces Heraklio airport to shut down (videos)
Torrential rainfalls on the island of Crete turned roads into rivers, flooded homes and businesses and forced the temporary shut down of the airport of Heraklio on Wednesday. Dozens of motorists were trapped in rushing waters as rivers and streams overflowed. Flooded passenger area and airport of Heraklio. State broadcast …
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Weather Service upgrades to Red Alert warning for Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY upgraded to Red Alert the weather warning for the islands in the South Aegean Sea, that is Crete, the Cyclades and the Dodecanese. According to EMY’s new warning on Wednesday, heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and locally also hail fall are forecast on Wednesday, October 21, …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, hail, stormy winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a warning about a weather deterioration with heavy rainfall, thunderstorms locally intense and possible hail fall. EMY also warns about stormy winds blowing with intensity of up to 7 and 8 Beaufort. The bad weather front is of short duration and forecast to hit …
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Storm strikes Athens, causes flash floods on Corfu, Kefalonia
The storm that hit Attica in early morning Tuesday caused unprecedented damages in several suburbs of the Greek capital. Mostly affected was Neo Heraklio in north-western Athens, where heavy rainfall and powerful winds uprooted dozens of trees and power columns, and broke even windows in houses and other buildings. Three …
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Civil Protection calls on citizens of 12 Greek regions to avoid risks during extreme weather
The Greek Civil Protection has issued an issued an emergency announcement ahead of extreme weather phenomena forecast as of Monday afternoon. The Civil Protection calls the citizens of several regions to be specially careful and to follow basic instructions. The warning addresses citizens of: Attica, Macedonia, Thrace, the Ionian islands, …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, stormy winds
Greece’s National Meteorological Service and the National Observatory of Athens are warning of a weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms locally accompanied by hail. Stormy southern winds are forecast to reach up to 7-8 Beaufort and up to 9 B in the northern Aegean Sea. The bad weather front …
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Mini heat wave with up to 36°-37° Celsius to hit Greece Oct 3-6
A mini heat wave with temperatures up to 36-37 degrees Celsius is forecast for Greece over the weekend and the first days of next week. The extraordinary hot weather for the month of October is expected to set in on Saturday, October 3, and last until Tuesday, October 6, 2020. …
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Greece weather warning: Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, wind up to 8B
Greece’s meteorological services warn of a weather deterioration with heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and powerful winds up to 7-8 Beaufort. The bad weather front will be of short duration but powerful. Both the National Meteorological Service (EMY) and and National Observatory of Athens warn that the heavy rainfall and thunderstorms are …
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Greece weather warning: Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms, stormy winds, temperature drop
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY warns of sudden weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms and strong winds mainly in the Ionian and the North Aegean Sea and the mainland. The weather deterioration is forecast to set in from North-West in the night from Friday to Saturday, September 25-26, 2020. …
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Body of missing woman found at river bank a week after Ianos hit Greece
The body of a woman was recovered Thursday noon from the banks of river Pamissos, in the flood-stricken municipality of Mouzaki in Central Greece. The body was discovered by a fire service dog, a week after storm Ianos hit the area. The body was reportedly covered by branches and trees …
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British tourist injured as storm rages in camping in south Peloponnese
A British tourist was injured when a tree fell during a storm on her tent in Giannitsochori by Ilia in the early morning hours of Thursday. A wind hose hit the camping site while the woman was sleeping. According to local media, the woman suffered fractures in the legs and …
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Greece Weather warning: Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms, powerful winds
Greece’ National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning as a bad weather front will strike with heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, powerful winds and possible hail. Affected are mainly areas already hit by medicane Ianos over the last weekend: the Ionian islands and Karditsa in Thessaly that remains under water. …
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IANOS leaves behind 3 dead, one missing and extensive destruction
Three dead people, one missing woman and extensive destruction is what Medicane Ianos left behind after it swept over Greece from Thursday night to Sunday. Over 8,000 homes and businesses are still under water in the Prefecture of Karditsa, Central Greece, three days after nature struck. Its rage started in …
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Tons of rocks bury Assos village in Kefalonia hit by Medicane Ianos
Tons of rocks flooded the village Assos in the west coast of Kefalonia, trapped people in their homes, buried vehicles, destroyed houses and businesses. The picturesque harbor of the village is practically non-existent. The torrential rainfalls of medicane Ianos brought rocks, mud and other debris from the mountain. There is …
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Fun & duty in Medicane: Surfers, swimmer, delivery boy risk their lives (videos)
While Medicane IANOS started testing the Ionian islands and the West coast of Peloponnese, some water sports fans could not resist the challenge and jump in the water. For a delivery boy in Central Greece, it was a matter of duty to deliver the ordered meal. A 35-year-old man almost …
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Medicane IANOS is heading to Crete, warns Greece’s Meteo Service
Medicane IANOS is heading to the island of Crete, the National Observatory of Athens’ (NOA) Meteo weather service said early afternoon Saturday. According to the latest forecast data of NOA, the center of IANOS was located in the South Ionian. IANOS center located South-West of Peloponnese at 9:30 am Saturday. …
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