Weather

The heavy snow which has been falling throughout Greece has now blanketed the Parthenon, the very symbol of Greece, in white. The stunning ancient temple was even more striking than usual on Monday, after heavy snowfall added its magic to...

The heavy snowfall in Greece brought about by the storm "Elpis" may cause power outages across regions that have been hit with dense snow. Many regions in Attica, where the city of Athens is located, Evia, and Crete are facing...

Hundreds of vehicles are pinned down at the Attiki Odos, the ring road of Athens, on Monday due to heavy snow that forces many drivers to abandon their vehicles. Angry commuters are uploading photos and videos on social media complaining...

Parts of central Greece, including the island of Evia and the Pelion peninsula, are covered in a thick layer of snow on Monday as the second wave of the "Elpis" weather system sweeps the country. The town of Steni in...

Heavy snow in Athens on Monday forced authorities to shut down several streets in the northern suburbs of the Greek capital, including parts of the main Athens-Thessaloniki highway. At the same time, trucks are not allowed on the old Athens-Thebes...

Mykonos woke up on Sunday covered in snow, a rare event on the cosmopolitan Greek island. Locals say that the last time this amount of snow fell on Cyclades was decades ago. Locals captured the fairytale scenes as snow covered the...

Snow in the Sahara Desert might sound impossible, but it's true! The exceptionally rare weather event, which has only happened in the North African desert a few times in the past 40 years, took place earlier this month near...

Greece is bracing for snow and sub-zero Celsius temperatures starting on Friday, the national meteorological service forecasts. According to the forecasts, snow will fall even on the Aegean islands, which is a rare phenomenon. Snow to blanket landscapes throughout Greece "On Sunday the...

An ice disc the size of a football field and resembling the Moon has re-formed and is spinning once again in the depths of winter in Westbrook, Maine. Just as happened for the last several years, a disc of ice...

The weather system named "Diomedes" brought heavy snow and torrential rain to many parts of Greece on Wednesday, with meteorologists warning that the severe weather will continue on Thursday. Ships in the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio are docked...

A snow day declared after the Washington DC blizzard on Tuesday was a boon to the animals at the National Zoo, who rolled around and frolicked in the snow at the National Zoo. However, the heavy snowfall, which contributed to...

It rained fish in the northern Texas city of Texarkana last Wednesday. Texarkana residents were shocked to discover small fish scattered across the ground in the city during a severe storm. Although it seems like an inexplicable -- even Biblical...

Areas across Greece have been blanketed in snow on Saturday as the storm "Carmel" brings low temperatures and increased snowfall in the country over the weekend. The name, which was given in conjunction with the Israeli meteorological service, refers to...

Meteorologists in Greece are warning that a severe weather system dubbed "Carmel" will hit the country starting late on Thursday and last through the weekend. According to the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), the front will bring heavy rainstorms and...

As Kentucky reels from a string of vicious tornadoes that tore through the state, one resident has begun hosting 26 people from five different families in her home as they process the tragedy. Reina Guerra Perez, of Mayfield, Kentucky, had...