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A bad weather front with heavy lighting stroke Greece on Friday and sparked 24 fires across the country, the Fire Service said. Two wildfires ignited by lightning Friday afternoon are burning in Kalyvia Thorikou and in Penteli, eastern Attica. On the island of Evia, four lighting bolts caused fires in …

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A total of 62 fires broke out in the last 24 hours, most of them due to lightning during the powerful weather front raging in Greece on Thursday, the Fire Brigade said. Οver 15,000 lightning bolts fell within nine hours across the country. 1,200 of them stroke Athens and Attica …

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Traffic on Athens-Thessaloniki highway has been disrupted due to flooding in Central Greece that lead to the closure of roads in a number of sections on the motorway between the two cities. Due to an increased volume of water on the highway, police ordered the closure to traffic of the …

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Traffic on Athens-Thessaloniki highway was suspended due to flooding of the motorway early Wednesday afternoon. The motorway is closed from Nikea in Larissa to the border with Magnesia regional unit. The highway is closed in both directions between the two points. The traffic suspension follows a decision by the Thessaly …

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The Greek galleries at the British Museum, that host the Parthenon Marbles have not opened to the public after the lockdown. The reason? Flooding. Or politely said: a  leaking roof pouring rainwater in the seven galleries of Greek art. .A British Museum spokeswoman confirmed that “there was some water ingress …

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