Storms

A new round of summer storms have slammed into Greece since Tuesday, causing floods in central Greece and the Peloponnesian Peninsula. This most recent weather system, dubbed ”Antinoos,” was also accompanied by hail and very strong winds, similar to last...

The year 2019 will kick off to a cold and wet start in Greece, according to weather forecasts issued on Sunday by Metro, the National Observatory of Athens weather service. The low pressure front dubbed "Raphael", generating over the southern...

Greece's National Meteorological Service has warned that a weather system bringing heavy rain and hailstorms will hit many parts of Greece starting Tuesday. According to a special announcement bad weather will last at least until Thursday. On Tuesday, the areas worse...

Greek traffic police closed roads and the fire service responded to calls to pump out flooded homes and basements following heavy rains on Sunday that hit the greater Athens region and central Greece. The fire service was called upon to...

The weather system that claimed at least 15 lives in Attica on Wednesday struck again in Athens on Thursday. Roads in several parts of the Greek capital have turned to rivers. Traffic was interrupted in central Athens, on Pireos Street near...

At least 15 people, ten men and five women, were killed in the town of Mandra, west of Athens in the most deadly such incident in recent years. A torrent of red mud swept through towns west of the capital...

One person died and extensive damage was caused by the heavy storms that hit parts of north-western Greece on Saturday. In Corfu a 55-year old tourist died when his car was swept away by the rushing waters in the Perivoli...

The weather in Greece is expected to take a turn for the worse on Monday, with an extended dry spell giving way to heavy rain and storms. The weather front will come in from the northwest and gradually spread...

Stormy summer weather that has been sweeping across Greece since late Sunday night with strong winds and heavy rainfall has left one man dead and caused several damages; snow accumulated on Olympus mountain as temperatures dropped to single digits...

The weather in Greece is expected to deteriorate sharply on Friday, as a low pressure front sweeps in from the west, bringing thunderstorms and rain. The phenomena are expected to be most intense in western parts of Greece but will...