Flooding

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...

The rescue of an elderly Greek woman from her flooded home in Mandra, Attica was captured on camera. The woman was entrapped by the water and unable to move. She lied on her sofa bed waiting for help. Fortunately, helped arrived...

On Monday, a fierce storm hit the northern Aegean island of Samothraki (Samothrace). Parts of the island have been flooded, and landslides have caused major disruption in the power grid, and road network. The villages of Xiropotamos, Lakkoma, and Prophetis Elias,...

More severe weather is in the forecast for parts of Greece according to the National Meteorological Sevice (EMY) forecast. Western Greece is bracing for more heavy rains and storms to hit on Thursday including the already battered Peloponnese region. Also,...

The mound in Serres, northern Greece, which has suffered many blows this winter, could not bear the high water pressure and finally gave in, flooding the area's farmlands and sending local farmers into despair. The situation in Serres is quickly deteriorating,...

The incessant rain fall in all four prefectures of Epirus has created serious damages and problems to infrastructure, crops and flooding in basements, shops and farms. The historic bridge of Plaka collapsed due to heavy rains that hit the area...

The archaeological site of Vavrona, near Athens, Greece, flooded today after several hours of non stop torrential rain and within a few hours, the temple, dedicated to goddess Artemis, was turned into a lake as the muddy water covered...

On Thursday morning, December 11, Greek rescuers were able to locate the body of a man at the bed of Gallikos River in Thessaloniki, northern Greece. The search for the unlucky man started on Wednesday afternoon by the Greek Police...

Authorities are preparing for the worst in the northern Greece regions of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, where the water level of the river Evros has risen dangerously. Indeed, the rivers Ardas and Erythropotamos in northern Greece may also flood since Bulgaria's Ivaylovgrad dam overflowed due to mountain meltwater and recent heavy rainfall. At...