Flooding

A weather system bringing severe storms to western Greece hit the region of Arta particularly hard on Sunday, causing widespread flooding in homes and along area roadways. Heavy rainfall caused the Bousis River to burst its banks and flood cropland,...

The massive flooding that has been causing a range of serious issues in Venice, Italy since Tuesday has affected the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies, it was made public on Wednesday afternoon. The exquisitely beautiful Italian city is...

Greece's fire service discovered on Sunday the bodies of two men who had been missing since a downpour on Thursday. The bodies of both men were recovered from a creek southeast of Athens. The two men, 67 and 64 years...

A storm hit Athens on Thursday noon turning roads in the northern suburbs of the capital into rivers. Traffic police closed main roads in Kifisia and Nea Erythrea as the torrents of water made driving conditions dangerous. According to the fire...

Greek authorities are on high alert to face possible flooding that may hit areas of greater Attica, including the resorts that were devastated by Monday's wildfire. On Wednesday, the Greek meteorological service issued an emergency warning forecasting heavy rains and...

Forestry officials, elected municipal officers and engineers from the private sector share responsibility for the deadly floods that hit west of Athens in November 2017, according to a report published Monday. Twenty-four people died in the floods that swept through...

A state of emergency has been declared in parts of northern Greece after a swollen River Evros broke its banks, causing widespread flooding. The village of Praggi was among the areas in Evros prefecture affected by the floodwaters earlier this...

A Greek professor of Geology revealed that the dangers from flooding in Mandra, where at least 15 people died on Wednesday, were studied by students at the University of Athens. Dimitris Papanikolaou, Professor of Geology, said that it has been...

Greek police is on alert to deal with cases of possible looting and unruly behavior following the chaos caused by the floods in western Attica. According to reports, extra police units will be monitoring the situation in the worst-hit towns...

The head of the First-Instance Court Prosecutor's Office Ilias Zagoreos on Wednesday ordered an urgent investigation into the lethal flooding in the west Attica towns of Nea Peramos and Mandra, following heavy rainfall in the area, to determine the...