severe weather

The first winter storms of the season have been battering Greece since Saturday, causing streets to flood as a result of the heavy rainfall.

The National Meteorological Service (EMY) of Greece issued an emergency notice of severe weather conditions on Thursday as the country braces for winter storms. A severe weather system called ''EVA'' is expected to create a barometric low in northern Italy...

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...

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...

Greece is facing severe weather this weekend causing widespread flooding and serious infrastructure damage in the western parts of the country. The intense weather phenomena hit particularly hard Epirus and Thessaly, however, they also affected Etoloakarnania, Achaia and the Ionian...

The Greek government has declared a state of emergency on the island of Evia and civil protection measures in Macedonia following the devastating storms over the weekend which resulted in eight fatalities and destroyed property and crops, according to...

A new storm system that the Meteo weather service at the National Observatory of Athens has dubbed 'Orestes' is approaching Greece from the Ionian Sea, bringing heavy rain to most parts of the country on Monday. The weather will start to...

The National Observatory of Athens has issued a warning that a tropical cyclone is expected to pass north of Crete on Monday, generating winds of over 100 kilometers per hour. This warning comes alongside the recent update on Monday from...

Mid-morning on Saturday the skies of Athens turned grey as a major storm front hit the city and surrounding suburbs. Heavy rain, lightning and thunder continued intermittently for almost two hours as roads and homes flooded. Other cities that felt the brunt...

On Sunday the municipal authority of Trikala issued an official statement thanking dozens of migrants staying at a migrant camp nearby for helping out several villages impacted by the recent severe weather in central Greece. The migrants, who were Syrian refugees,...