Weather

Since it made landfall in Greece on Thursday, the rare Mediterranean hurricane Ianos has caused the deaths of three people in Thessaly and widespread destruction around the country. In the region of Thessaly, located south of Macedonia, entire towns were...

At least two people died and two are missing on Saturday in Thessaly, central Greece, as the Mediterranean hurricane (medicane) Ianos batters Greece for the third day. In the town of Farsala in Thessaly, one elderly woman was found dead...

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 Civil Protection Secretariat of Greece's Ionian Islands issued a warning on Thursday urging the restriction of people's movement on the island of Zakynthos beginning on Thursday evening and lasting until late night on Friday, in view of "Medicane" Ianos'...

On Wednesday, a series of wildfires broke out around east Attica, forcing the evacuation of many towns in the region. And yet another new wildfire is threatening east Attica's seaside, including the town of Artemida. The fire is thought to...

Wildfires raging in towns east of Athens are approaching houses, resulting in the authorities issuing orders for evacuations in the region. High temperatures and strong winds are only strengthening the flames and spreading the fires, making them extremely dangerous. The...

A helicopter from the Hellenic Air Force saved two swimmers, one of whom was a rescuer, off the coast of the Greek island of Kefalonia on Friday. Intense winds and rough seas threatened the lives of the two swimmers,...

Greece's National Meteorological Service issued a warning for unusually high temperatures throughout the country in the coming days. In Attica, the highest maximum temperature values ​​will be noted for two days, Monday and Tuesday and are projected to reach 38 to...

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...

As Greece has been hit by a heatwave in the past few days, rainfall and thunderstorms are forecast for Saturday night, bringing cooler weather in parts of the country. According to the National Meteorological Service, the wet front will hit...

A leading Greek scientist warned that the country could experience a hotter and wetter summer than usual. Athanasios Argyriou, professor of atmospheric physics at Patras University, predicted a high chance that both temperatures and rainfall over the summer will be...

Scientists from the Greek island of Andros are using a submarine with advanced sonar technology in order to document the state of the island's polluted seabed. The submarine, which is also equipped with a robotic arm, will enable researchers to...

Parts of northern Greece woke up under a blanket of snow on Holy Wednesday as a mid-Spring cold front descended upon the country from the north. Social media users posted videos and photos of the heavy snowfall in towns and...

Skywatchers in Athens witnessed a very rare phenomenon on Tuesday called a "fallstreak hole," which is also known as a "hole punch cloud." A fallstreak hole is a large gap, usually circular or elliptical, that can appear in clouds. Because...