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Sea traffic in the Ionian Sea was halted between the islands of Zakynthos and Kefallonia and the mainland on later afternoon  Sunday, November 24, 2019, due to approaching thunderstorm “Geryon.” Also the “open” ferries between Corfu and the mainland were forbidden from sailing. Ships connecting Zakynthos and Kefalonia with mainland …

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For one more time, the bad weather front left behind flooded homes, businesses and agricultural land, uprooted trees and broken power poles,  The islands of Zakynthos and Corfu, South-West Peloponnese and Halkidiki in Central Macedonia were mostly hit and suffered the most damages. Corfu Many households and businesses were left …

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Home and businesses were flooded and landslides have trapped people in theirs homes as thunderstorm Victoria hit several regions of Greece. Gale-force winds caused power outages and halted sea traffic between mainland and the islands in the Ionian Sea. #Storm #Victoria approaching #Athens now pic.twitter.com/u3u3egrAD4 — Christina Themelis (@tinathemelis) November …

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A unique combination of Sahara dust and heavy thunderstorm hit the island of Samos, creating an eerie scenery from another world or planet.  Barometric low Phoebus caused a particularly intense thunderstorm while strong south winds were transporting billions of particles of Sahara Dust. The red particles ‘stole’ the blue of …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) warns of weather deterioration with rainfalls and thunderstorms locally very powerful that may be accompanied by hale fall and very strong wind. The bad weather front will come from the North and slowly expand to Central and Southern Greece as of Saturday, July 7th 2018. …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service (EMY) has issued a “red alert” warning of extreme weather phenomena with heavy rainfalls and powerful thunderstorms. Barometric low “Nefeli” is expected to start striking Greece on Monday, June 25, and move away on Friday, June 29, 2018. Red Alert by EMY means people have to …

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It was a powerful thunderstorm in Athens on Sunday afternoon and a strong rainfall that caused problems in large parts of the city and in broader areas of Attica Prefecture. Households and businesses experienced short power outages, other broken internet or cable TV connections. A thunder stroke one signal transmitter …

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Greece’s National Meteorological Service has issued a late weather warning drawing attention to thunderstorms, rain- and hail-falls and strong winds. The weather warning is effective until Thursday night, May 24th 2018. Strong rainfalls and thunderstorms are forecast especially in the area of the Ionian Sea and the Central and North …

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Greece’ National Meteorological Service EMY has issued a weather warning with strong rainfalls, thunderstorms, possible hail-falls and powerful winds. The warning is valid for Thursday and Friday, May 10 and 11, 2018. Weather forecast analytically and regions affected by EMY & meteo.gr: Thursday, May 10 Central Macedonia, Thessaly, Sporades islands …

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The thunderstorm that hit Athens after 10 o’ clock Saturday night was kind of unprecedented. The one thunder followed the next one in very short intervals and there were times, when one heard the loud noise coming from all sides. The thunder and lightning were much more powerful and certainly …

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Greece’s National Meteorology Service (EMY) has issued a warning on a weather deterioration with strong rainfalls and thunderstorms, winds up to 9 Beaufort and snowfalls in mountainous areas above 600m. The weather deterioration is expected to be of relative short duration and to come from the West. Weather Forecast areas …

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Snow, hail, temperature drop, rough sea: these are the features of bad weather front Daedalus that is sweeping across the country since the beginning of the week. Snow started to fall on Monday on the mountains above a certain level. Beautiful snow landscape in Astraka hut at 1950 m. on …

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Autumn begins astronomical on September 22nd, but the Greek Autumn arrives already today with rainfalls, thunderstorms, strong Western and North winds and temperature drop during the day, . According to meteorologists and the National Meteorology Service,the bad weather front will start in Western Greece and move to areas of Central …

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