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Residents of Thessaly, Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Central Greece and the Northern Aegean islands received a message via the emergency line <112> warning them of upcoming heavy thunderstorms and stormy winds. The message warned them of the severe storms and stormy winds and urged them to “reduce movements unless absolute necessary” …

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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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Greece National Meteorological Service EMY issued a Red Alert on an upcoming bad weather front named “Bianca” forecast to reach the country from the West on Saturday night, February 26, 2022 and quickly move to the mainland and the islands. Main features of Bianca care: heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms, dense …

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Torrential rainfalls and stormy winds hit the islands of Zakynthos on Friday morning causing major damages in homes and businesses and infrastructure. Roads, homes, shops and hotels were flooded, landslides blocked main roads, solar heaters flew in the air and pergolas were found tens of meters away. Kalamaki via ermisnews.gr …

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After the unprecedented evacuation of students from a flooded school in western Athens, authorities decided to close all schools in region of Attica including Athens, Piraeus and suburbs on Friday, October 15, 2021, as stormy weather front Ballos is forecast to intensify. Afternoon and evening schools in the same areas …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a Red Alert warning of bad weather front “Ballos” with extreme weather phenomena, powerful rainfalls, thunderstorms locally accompanied by hail and temperature drop of up to 7 degrees Celsius. An emergency teleconference meeting was held by the Civil Protection and 13 regional governors on …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a new warning of a weather deterioration with strong rainfalls and thunderstorms accompanied locally by hail and powerful winds. The phenomena will affect western, central and northern Greece on Sunday and Monday, October 10-11. Wind up to 7-8 Beaufort in the Ionian Sea. The …

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Greece’s national Meteorology Service EMY warns of weather deterioration with rains, storms and hail as wells as Sahara dust due to strong South winds. Winds will be blowing wiht intensity of  up to 9 Beaufort in North Ionian and South Aegean Sea -see maps below. According to the warning, the …

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Nearly a decade after the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, economic spirits are reviving, a PEW survey found. Economic spirits reviving everywhere? No. Not everywhere. Greeks remain pessimistic. No wonder about that, as they see no present and no future. According to a survey conducted by Pew Research …

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Scientists confirm what we already know: that recession-driven austerity measures are not just bad for your wealth, they are also harming your health. It’s not only that your pockets are robbed causing sleepless nights, depression and heart attacks. The austerity cuts that primarily target the health sector boost infectious diseases …

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