Greece

A waterspout formed off the coast of the island of Kythera on Monday. A waterspout is a cylindrical vortex that forms over water and connects to the clouds in the sky. Waterspouts are typically known as "sea-tornadoes." These rotating winds...

Heavy rains, waterspouts and other extreme weather phenomena, including flooding on Crete, were recorded around the Greek islands in the Aegean on Wednesday as much of the country experienced severe storms. Just past noon on Wednesday, a waterspout, also called...

After unexpected rain storms slammed into the country early Tuesday morning, sharp-eyed weatherspotters were able to capture waterspouts which formed near the island of Thasos and the northern Greek region of Chalkidiki. https://www.facebook.com/meteology/videos/2036007903196138 The impressive weather phenomena are simply columns of wind...

A sea tornado, or waterspout, was spotted in the early hours of Friday morning off the coast of Chios Island in Greece. The spectacular scene captured the attention of many people on the island, who tried to record it in...

A giant waterspout was spotted near the a boat where Canadian dancer Kevin Myrlea was enjoying his summer vacation, in the Cyclades, Greece. The amazing spectacle was recorded by a cell-phone camera and offers a glimpse of this rare and sometimes...

Bathers rushed with their cellphones to get a snapshot of an impressive waterspout formed on Tuesday off the Greek island of Serifos in the Aegean. The rare phenomenon was recorded on an amateur video from Megalo Livadi beach by Tzina...

A waterspout formed on Monday just off the coast of northwest Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea. The rare phenomenon was recorded on an amateur video. According to the U.S. National Ocean Service, waterspouts fall into two categories: fair weather waterspouts; and...

A cargo ship carrying metal broke in half after running aground off the coast of Crete on Tuesday, and two of its crew members have been hospitalized with hypothermia. The ship, which is called the Manassa Rose and which flies...

The abandoned places and these traces of lost ways of life of the Dodecanese have been my obsession for several years

Torrential rainfall and hailstorms hit parts of Greece on Tuesday and Wednesday, as a frontal system over the central Mediterranean gradually moved eastward. The system coming across the sea from Italy will move across to the eastern Peloponnese and then...

The National Observatory of Athens weather service Meteo revealed on Friday that here were a total of 107 tornadoes in Greece during 2018, three of which caused significant damage in Halkidiki and Crete. Meteo reported eight whirlwinds (a vortex occurring...

A phenomenon of unprecedented intensity struck a Dodecanese Island, Astypalea. It was a large wedge tornado and a satellite waterspout just behind it, that lasted for more than ten hours, during which trees were uprooted and houses flooded. The island’s residents reported...