The highest monthly precipitation ever recorded in Europe fell in the village of Makrynitsa on Mt Pelion during Storm Daniel, which ravaged Greece in September. Αfter the transmission of measurements by the weather stations operated by the Athens National Observatory in Thessaly was restored, it was found that the weather …
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Tragic end for newly wed Austrian couple missing in Pilion floods
The operation to locate the Austrian newly weds couple swept away in south Pilion by the storm Daniel beginning of the month seems to have a tragic end. Greek authorities are expecting the results of two DNA tests to identify the remains of a man and a woman who were …
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Greece Floods: Death toll rise to 6. Ten missing. Evacuation launched (vids)
UPDATE: Death tool in the floods rose to six on Thursday afternoon, after rescuers found two elderly women dead in their home in the village Astritsa, Central Greece. Relatives of the two women,aged 75 and 80, had alerted authorities as they had no contact with them. Rescuers evacuating people in …
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Athens-Thessaloniki highway partly closed due to flooding
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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Storm DANIEL: Updated RED ALERT by Greece’s National Meteo
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated its RED ALERT weather warning on Wednesday, September 7, as storm weather DANIEL keep sweeping across the country leaving behind only devastation, desperate people and loss of lives. Flooded Thessaly, central Greece via meteo.gr Forecast Wed, Sept 6 📌 H αναλυτική πρόγνωση του καιρού …
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Storm DANIEL: Two people dead, three missing, thousands trapped in flooded homes
Two people have died and three are being missing in the floods caused by storm Daniel sweeping Greece since Monday. According to the Fire Service, an 87-year-old woman who was missing from the area Paltsi, Magnesia region, since Tuesday, was found in under a pile of wood on Wednesday morning. …
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DANIEL is sweeping across Greece with heavy rainfalls (vids)
Dangerous storm weather called DANIEL has started to sweep across Greece since early Monday with stormy winds, torrential rainfalls and hail.Coming from the North-West, DANIEL is forecast to pour tonnes of water, some 500 tonnes of rain per hectare expected to fall in Fthiotida, Magnesia, central Greece. Floods fear is …
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Young tourists evacuated from Corfu beach during heavy storm
A group of 10 tourists was safely evacuated from Porto Timoni beach on the island of Corfu on Saturday, while a heavy storm was striking the island in the North Ionian Sea. The group of ten young tourists had called emergency line <112> when they realized that the storm was …
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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainstorms, lightning, hail
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued an emergency bulletin warning of weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and storms that will be accompanied in places by a high frequency of lightning and hail, as well as temporary stormy winds. The bad weather front is forecast to strike Greece from the West …
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Greece’s Meteo updates weather warning, alert message to residents: ILINA Live
Residents in Thessaloniki, Pella, Imathia and Pieria, northern Greece, have received an alert message from the <112> emergency line of the Civil Protection, warning them of the possibility of dangerous weather phenomena from midday Monday onward. Video: Fallen trees in Thessaloniki The Civil Protection recommended that citizens limit their movements …
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Warning sms sent to 7 regions; Watch ARIEL in Greece Live
In the grip of rain and storm bad weather front ARIEL are many regions in Greece, including Attica, since Wednesday morning. Repeated 112 sms messages were sent to residents of seven regions, warning them of dangerous phenomena and urging them to avoid unnecessary traveling. The first regions to receive the …
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Storm EVA hits Piraeus and the Cyclades islands (videos, picts)
Streets in the port of Piraeus turned into rivers and a garbage bin took a lonesome ride between cars and their motorists struck in the waters, as storm EVA reached Attica on Sunday. The storm affected mainly the south suburbs and meteorologists had warned of flooding phenomena. It needed just …
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Retail stores closed on Sunday, Nov 6 due to Storm Eva
The General Secretariat of Trade & Consumer Protection revoked on Saturday a decision to open retail stores throughout the country Sunday, November 6, due to storm EVA. The opening, which is optional and not mandatory, was moved to next Sunday, November 13, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., the secretariat …
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Watch STORM EVA Live – Civil Protection instructions
Storm EVA has already started to affect Greece and rainfalls have been recorded in the Ionian islands and parts of the West of the country since Saturday morning. Watch Live STORM EVA Saturday noon, the National Meteorological Service EMY has updated its RED ALERT emergency bulletin from Thursday, however, there …
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Corfu in “state of emergency after storm causes extensive destruction
The island of Corfu was declared in “state of emergency” late on Thursday after torrential rains flooded homes and businesses, destroyed infrastructure, agriculture and live stock thus endangering human lives. 69 people in total had to be evacuated with boats or helicopters as they were trapped in the floods. Many …
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Evia: Floods and infrastructure damages as storm hits burned-down areas
Rainfalls on Saturday caused serious damages along the Agia Anna-Achladia-Kotsikia in northern Evia that was greatly destroyed during the forest fires in August. Dozens of flooded homes and businesses, broken infrastructure and landslides, and a new nightmare for the people who face anothe rmore disaster with the first rainfall of …
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Corfu: Storm “Athena” causes power outages, flooding phenomena
Main roads on the island of Corfu turned into rivers on Thursday, house yards and basements were flooded, power outages occurred, small landslides took place and problems were registered in the provincial network after bad weather front “Athena” hit the island in the northern Ionian Sea. The Fire Service had …
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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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Unprecedented Hailstorm hits Drama in mid-June (picts)
An unprecedented hailstorm hit the city of Drama in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday and caused widespread problems in many areas of the city in north-eastern Greece. The volume of hail was so big that dense layers reaching up to 30-40 cm were formed. The Drama Municipality sent excavators …
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Greece Weather Red Alert: Heavy rainfalls, storms, wind up to 10 Beaufort
Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY has issued a red alert on extreme weather phenomena with gale force winds reaching up to 10 Beaufort, rainfalls, thunderstorms and snow. The country is forecast to be hit by two weather fronts: one coming from the North, affecting the central and northern parts of …
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