Greece

After the onset of forest fires, many pray for rain to come, hoping it will extinguish the flames.

The weather front that caused the latest European floods is moving slowly towards the southeast of Europe.

A group of Greek volunteer mechanics went to Evia fix vehicles that were heavily damaged in the flood in August of 2020.

Flooding took place on the Acropolis, the highest point in the city of Athens, on Thursday after the area was battered by heavy downpours throughout the day. Social media users argue that the controversial new cement paths constructed on the...

A woman survived by hanging on to an electric power pole in Crete on Wednesday as rushing water swept away her car following torrential rains. The dramatic video was captured near the town of Kartero, in the region of Heraklion,...

The "medicane" Ianos, a rare, hurricane-like storm in the Mediterranean, has brought gale-force winds and flooding to Western Greece and the Ionian islands, and is slowly making its way to the central and southern parts of the country, as...

The Ionian islands Kefalonia, Ithaca and Zakynthos found themselves in the vortex of the severe weather system "Ianos" during Thursday night, with power outages in several areas due to the strong winds and fallen trees it brought with it. The...

The Attican shoreline at Dilesi and Oropos, just across from Eretria on the large island of Evia, has been turned into what looks like a landfill in the aftermath of the incredibly destructive floods which hit the island over...

The storm system Thalia that hit Greece affected Evia the hardest of any region in the country - leaving 7 people dead - including an infant  - and one missing on Sunday, as of the time of this report....

The summer storm system "Thalia" slammed into Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus and the Ionian islands on Wednesday, causing floods, blackouts, and even train stoppages, while the Greek Weather Service counted 9,900 lightning strikes caused by the severe weather. The ZEUS system...

At the request of Greece, Bulgaria opened an Evros River dam located on its territory on Monday in order to cause intentional flooding and make it more difficult for migrants amassed at the Greek-Turkish border to cross the river,...

The village of Olympiada in the regional unit of Halkidiki in Central Macedonia, Greece suffered severe flooding on Friday due to the extensive amounts of rainfall which have fallen continually in the region over the last several hours. The area's...

A fierce storm hit Thessaloniki on Thursday night, resulting in dozens of homes being flooded and two motorists becoming marooned along submerged streets which were completely submerged in murky water. The fire service received more than 150 calls with seventeen...

A new round of summer storms have slammed into Greece since Tuesday, causing floods in central Greece and the Peloponnesian Peninsula. This most recent weather system, dubbed ”Antinoos,” was also accompanied by hail and very strong winds, similar to last...

The torrential downpour on Saturday caused floods and damages in Crete, with the Sitia and Ierapetra areas suffering the most, as human lives were put in danger. More specifically, roads, homes and shops were flooded in the prefecture of Lassithi,...