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Strong Winds Knock Marble Monument Down in Greece's Fokida (video)

Strong winds that have swept across Greece since Thursday knocked down a monument in the town of Eratini in Central Greece's Fokida region on Friday. A CCTV video captured the moment when the strong winds lifted a huge piece of...

Greece Braces for Storms, Big Drop in Temperatures

A turn for the worse in the weather is predicted for the next few days, bringing rain to most mainland areas of Greece as of Thursday and dumping a lot of rain on Crete over the weekend. According to the...

One Dead As Floods Cause Extensive Damage Across Crete (video)

Flooding from the winter storm "Oceanis" killed one person and extensive damage was recorded on bridges and roads in Crete as the extreme weather which began on Sunday continued to pummel the Greek island. The body of a 61-year-old farmer...

Cretan TV Station Captures Historic Chania Bridge Collapse Live

Cameras from Crete's NEA television station recorded live the collapse of the historic bridge of Keritis in the island's Chania region on Monday afternoon. The island of Crete received huge amounts of rainfall in the past several days as part of...

Widespread Search on Crete as Man Swept Away by Torrent

The men and women of Greece’s Fire Service, along with the special forces from the EMAK rescue team, launched a widespread search in Crete’s region of Chania on Monday morning. A 61-year old man went missing on Monday when his car...

Crete: Four Missing in Heraklion After Flood Waters Sweep Away Their Vehicle

A search operation is underway in the area of Mires, Heraklion on the island of Crete, four people who were passengers in a car were swept away by flood waters at the passage of Geropotamos. According to police in the car...

Gale-Force Winds Curtail Greek Ferry Services

Passenger ferries remained docked in ports around Greece on Thursday, cutting off connections between the islands and the mainland. As a new cold front swept across the country, bringing rain, snow and gale-force winds, ferry services from the main ports...

Blanket of Snow Covers Many Parts of Greece

Many parts of central and northern Greece lie covered in a blanket of snow on Wednesday as a new cold front holds the entire country in its frigid grasp. In view of the inclement weather, the General Secretariat for Civil...

Greece Braces for More Storms, Snow and Cold from New Weather System

Another round of severe wintry weather, including snow across many parts across Greece, is expected to hit the country between Tuesday and Thursday, the National Meteorological Service warned on Monday. The new cold front will bring heavy rainfall to parts...

Hailstorms, Barrage of Lightning Hits Parts of Greece (video)

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...