June 17, 2017
weather
One man lost his life, homes and shops were flooded and agricultural products were destroyed when storms stroke several regions in Greece. In the city of Lamia in Central Greece, a 62-year-old man lost his life in a sequence of tragic events. He had called the fire brigades to pump …
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June 15, 2017
weather
Two days sunshine and high temperatures, then clouds and rain. Summer weather does not manage to settle in. Greece’s National Meteorology Service warns of strong rainfalls and storms, locally hail, strong winds. Forecast Thursday Jun 15 2017 Affected are Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, West and central Sterea. The weather will temporary …
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June 11, 2017
weather
It is the 11of of June and summer refuses to settle in. Greece’s national Weather Service issued a weather warning with rainfalls, hail and stormy winds. June 11 2-17: The bad weather front will initially affect Macedonia, Thessaly, and gradually the whole mainland except Thrace in North-East, eastern Peloponnese. Also …
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June 4, 2017
weather
It started with a loud noise. The first thunder occurred somewhere in the north back of my home. The second thunder followed within a couple of minutes. The first drops fell on the windows… soon the hell broke out. The much expected hail and rain storm stroke the Greek capital …
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June 2, 2017
weather
Greek National Meteorology Service EMY issued a weather deterioration warning. The statements warns of rainfalls, hail and strong winds over the upcoming weekend June 3-4 2017. The weather is expected to start deteriorating as on Saturday afternoon, although storng rainfalls stroke already Northeast Greece on Friday. Saturday, June 3 The …
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May 27, 2017
weather
Extreme weather phenomena in Greece as the month of May heads towards its last days. A tornado hit the area of Agios Nikolaos in Sitia prefecture in the east of Crete. The phenomenon swept on the land and in the sea and caused damages on roofs, power columns, streets and house …
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May 24, 2017
weather
Greece’s National Meteorology Service EMY issued a new weather warning on Wednesday. The warning is issued for Wednesday, Tuesday and Friday, May 24-26 2017. It forecast rainstorms, hail falls and strong winds up to 7 Beaufort locally. However, temperatures remain high according to seasonal levels. A rainstorm hit the area …
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May 20, 2017
weather
Enjoy the sunshine on Saturday, because the weather forecast sees rain, hail, clouds and very strong winds for Sunday and Monday. Greece’s National Meteorologist Service issued a warning for May 21-22 2017. The weather will start deteriorating on Sunday morning from the North-West and will slowly move to the South. …
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May 16, 2017
weather
A quick deterioration of weather after the heat wave over the last weekend. Rainfalls, storms, hail, north winds up to 7 Beaufort and temperature drop. The bad weather front is expected to set initially in Central Macedonia and later across the country. The Greek National Meteorological Service has issued a …
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May 9, 2017
weather
The first heat wave of this summer is expected in …May! Next weekend. Meteorologists forecast temperatures to rise above the seasonal levels and reach 33-34 degrees Celsius and even 35-36 C locally. The weather will not be fun this summer…. While there are rainfalls and even hale Tuesday and Wednesday …
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February 11, 2017
Travel, weather
A strong rainstorm that hit the Chania prefecture in Western Crete on Friday night turned roads into rivers and caused extensive damage to the road network. The heavy rainfalls triggered landslides across the rural and national roads. According to e-kriti.gr, the fire brigades received more than 25 calls to pump …
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January 29, 2017
animals, Travel, weather
Twenty horses have been snowed in on the mountains of Epirus in Western Greece and their lives were at risk due to heavy snow and lack of grazing opportunities. A huge rescue operation was set up to move the horses in safety. The horses were trapped in the snow in …
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January 17, 2017
Travel, weather
Wild, wild horses can’t drag me away… Wild, wild horses in the snow up in the mountains of Epirus in North-Western Greece. Wild horses enjoy the snow in the rough beauty of Mpaltenezi (Baltenezi) mountains, commonly known as Thesprotian Mountains (1274m.) in the prefecture of Preveza. The horses graze, play …
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January 15, 2017
Travel, weather
I was so saddened the other day to see the plants of a friend who lives in Northern Greece to have died the sudden frost death after a bad weather front with polar air masses tortured the country for a week. “After all these years my flowers did not survived,” …
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January 11, 2017
Travel, weather
Meteorologist have been confirmed: the winter 2016-2017 could be the coldest in the last 100 years as polar air masses would sweep over the European continent. The experts have warned already in September 2016 – Millions of Europeans, Greeks included, are now ready to give credits to the experts their …
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January 11, 2017
Travel, weather
For fifth consecutive day residents of Kymi and surrounding areas remain snowed in. The bad weather front stroke especially the island of Euboea in central Greece, very close to the mainland. Water, electricity and telephone networks collapsed, houses and vehicles have been buried under the snow that reaches a height …
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January 10, 2017
Travel, weather
Millions of snowflakes started to fall short after 6:30 pm on Monday. The much expected snow had arrived in downtown Athens and the suburbs – even those in the south. The snowflakes fell quick and soft and covered first the cars, then the trees and the plants. And had Athenians …
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January 9, 2017
Travel, weather
Amazing spectacle in the legendary beach of Myrtos on the island of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea, Western Greece. It is the moment when the ice cold air masses meet the salty sea water, normally a couple of degrees warmer than the air. According to local website inkefalonia.gr, the majestic …
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January 9, 2017
Travel, weather
For third consecutive day Greece remains in “deep freeze” with snow falls and temperatures below the freezing point. The extreme weather front “Ariadne” crashed over the country with polar air masses at -12 degrees Celsius. The unprecedented weather front caused heavy snow falls from North -Macedonia – to the South …
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January 8, 2017
Travel, weather
Two days of snow and the chaos broke out in Greece: hundreds of vehicles were trapped in highways, villages have been snowed in, thousands of households across the country are without heating, electricity and water supply. Two people lost their lives due to the harsh weather conditions. State of emergency …
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