flash floods

Flash floods on Crete have destroyed entire areas of the island while two persons lost their lives according to the Greek Fire Department and local media reports. The severe storms that struck the island Friday and Saturday have led to...

On Friday the two villages of Styrfaka and Lygaria near Lamia in Central Greece, experienced flash flooding when heavy rains with a long duration in the area caused the Spercheios river to overflow. Over the last two weeks the area...

Another body was recovered earlier on Sunday from the flooded Mandra suburb of Attica, raising the death toll of Wednesday's Eurydice hailstorm to 20. The body of a 74-year-old man was discovered in the Mandra bus depot, a few metres...

The authorities' worst fears materialized on Saturday when four more bodies were discovered in Mandra, western Attica, raising the "Eurydice" flood casualties to 20. Two of the four dead were on the police missing persons list. A fourth victim has...

The island of Hydra is another Greek area that has been declared in a state of emergency after being hit hard by the violent rainstorms in Greece since Thursday morning. The torrential rains that started at 8 am Friday morning...