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Residents on the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea and the Achaia prefecture in western Peloponnese were alerted of upcoming dangerous weather phenomena with an emergency warning sms via <112>. The message urged them to minimize travel and take protective measures due to strong rain and gale-force winds. The …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY upgraded the recent weather warning to Red Alert on Wednesday as the forecast is of extreme weather phenomena. According to emergency bulletin issued at Wednesday noon, EMY noted that the warning of August 22 is still valid for most of the areas with heavy rainfalls …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) amended its weather warning issued on Thursday and upgraded to Alarm Level on Friday afternoon. Special mention is to the Ionian Sea and the islands where high volume of rain and winds blowing with intensity of 9 to 10 Beaufort are expected state broadcaster ERT …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) issued a weather warning on Wednesday warning of dangerous weather phenomena with rainfalls, thunderstorms and powerful winds. Note that EMY has marked its weather warning “red” which is the highest alert level. According to EMY, the barometric low called “Athena” is forecast to cause a …

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Greece’s Civil Protection issued a warning of extreme weather phenomena and urgently advised citizens in affected areas to be especially cautious and avoid going outdoors when the phenomena are intense. Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, Secretary-General for Civil Defence, Vassilis Papageorgiou strongly urged those resident in areas affected by …

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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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The Greek National Meteorological Service (EMY) warns of extreme weather phenomena with heavy rains, thunderstorms and gale-force South winds. EMY has issued a Red Alert for November 24-26, 2019. The severe weather front meteorologists named “Gyrionis” – Geryon – is forecast to break in as of Sunday afternoon, start in …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service has issued a press release warning of extreme weather phenomena and powerful winds up to 10 Beaufort to strike Greece on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 12-13, 2019. At the same time, local meteorologists warn of a Medicane that is being formed in the Central Mediterranean Sea. …

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Greece needs a new ‘response culture’ to avoid disasters during extreme weather events  a Greek scientist said with regards to the wildfires in Athens the cost the life of 91 people. “It is certain that in a 30-year cycle, every resident of eastern Attica and his property will come face …

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Majority of Greeks are against early elections, considers the Macedonia Agreement “negative” and are pessimistic about the economy. What is cause of concern in the public opinion survey published on Sunday is that Greeks are eager to embrace extreme views when it comes to the Macedonia Agreement 18% agree with …

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Extreme weather phenomena: Greece’ National Meteorological service EMY warns of weather deterioration with strong rainfalls and storms, hail, and temperature drop of up to 10 degrees Celsius. The weather deterioration is expected in the early morning hours of Saturday, October 7th 2017. The bad weather front will set in first …

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Did you survive the heat wave over the weekend? Good. Get ready for another one, with temperatures up to 41 and even 43 degrees Celsius. Or even higher locally. Meteorologists speak an extreme heat wave, of the “worst heat wave of the decade.” The extreme heat wave is expected to …

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