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Thick Blanket of Snow Covers Mountains of Northern Greece

Most of the ski resorts and villages in northern Greece's mountainous regions woke up on Wednesday under a thick white blanket of fresh snow. Ski resorts and villages in the counties of Imathia, Florina, Kozani, and Grevena as well as...

Beautiful Scenes from Cyprus as First Snow of the Season Arrives

The island nation of Cyprus saw its first snow for this winter season as a light blanket of snow covered the higher altitudes of Mount Troodos on Monday morning. Cypriots, of course, are not used to snow as a rule,...

Storm ''Dido'' Expected to Bring Severe Storms and Snow to Greece

According to the latest meteorological forecasts, the new weather front called "Dido" is expected to begin affecting the western and southern regions of Greece starting on Monday evening. The new front is expected to bring rainfall and severe storms as...

Blanket of Snow Covers Northern Greece (video)

A cold front which is sweeping Greece is bringing heavy snow to many northern parts of the country. Snow, accompanied by freezing northerly winds, fell overnight on Tuesday and Wednesday morning in towns in the regions of Macedonia and Thrace,...

Meteorologists Warn Cold Snap Will Bring Snow to Greece

A cold front which is currently poised over the northern parts of the Balkan Peninsula is moving south and will cross over Greece from Tuesday night until the early hours of Thursday, according to the Athens National Observatory's Meteo...

Unseasonable Cold Snap Brings Snow to Northern Greece

Even though spring is well advanced and summer is supposedly just around the corner, weather stations recorded unseasonably low temperatures and even snow in several parts of Greece on Tuesday morning, especially at high altitudes. Photographs published by EpirusGate show...

Antarctica-Like Landscape Forms in Central Greece

A polar-like landscape has formed in Evritania, central Greece, thanks to the snowstorm that struck the area during the last several days. The storm was part of the front dubbed "Oceanis," which is responsible for dumping huge amounts of...

Greek-Canadian Captures Impressive ”Ice Tsunami” in Niagara River

A Greek-Canadian man named George Kourounis managed to record on camera a rare weather phenomenon resembling a tsunami in Ontario, Canada this past weekend. Due to the very low temperatures that were recorded in the area, a large number of rivers...

'Oceanis' Storm Buries Northern Greece in Snow (video)

A wave of cold weather hit Northern and Central Greece on Saturday morning, covering most parts of the region in snow and pushing temperatures below zero. The storm that weathermen have named "Oceanis" left major cities in Northern Greece with...

Greece Braces for More Snow as Cold Front Barrels Down from the North

Weather conditions in Greece are expected to take a sharp turn for the worse beginning on Friday and deteriorating even more as the weekend goes on. Extremely cold air masses from the North Pole are expected to head toward Greece...