Heavy rain is continuing to fall in Greece, where catastrophic floods have caused devastating material damages and at least 3 fatalities. “I know the word unprecedented has been used many…
At least 11 people have lost their lives after catastrophic flooding brought by storms in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. Greece In Greece, the wave of severe weather, dubbed Storm Daniel,…
At least 2 people have died in flash floods on the island of Crete, southern Greece. Torrential rain on 15 October triggered flash floods in Heraklion and Lasithi in Crete.…
A fire-fighter died while carrying out flood rescues in north eastern Greece. The tragedy occurred in a village on the outskirts of Alexandroupolis in the Evros Region of Greece on…
Severe weather including heavy rain and snow has affected areas of South Eastern Europe over the last few days, with flooding reported in parts of Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Serbia and…
Dozens of people were rescued in Greece after severe flooding on the island of Crete. Flash flooding struck on 10 November after days of heavy rain. Some areas saw more…
An earthquake in the Aegean Sea triggered flooding of coastal areas of Turkey and Greece. The earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck on 30 October 2020, causing over 20 buildings to…
Heavy rain was reported in the islands of southern Greece from 20 October. Heraklion, capital of the island of Crete, recorded 138.1mm of rain in 24 hours to 21 October,…
At least 3 people have died in flash flooding in Central Greece. Torrential rain and thunderstorms from late 08 August triggered flash flooding on the island of Evia (also Euboea)…
Civil Protection in Greece has declared a state of emergency in 3 municipalities of Thessaly Region after severe weather from 04 to 06 April, 2020. Strong winds disrupted sea transport…
Severe weather since 24 November has caused at least 3 deaths and widespread damage in Greece. Meanwhile in Italy heavy rain and flooding has washed away part of a viaduct…
Heavy rainfall late during the evening of 19 September, 2019, caused flash floods in areas around the city of Thessaloniki in northern Greece. Local media reported that 2 people were…
Dozens of people were rescued or evacuated after flooding in Western Greece on 14 July, 2019. Athens-Macedonian News Agency reported that a storm bringing heavy rain swept through Achaia and…
Report updated 13 June 2019 to include further information on flooding in Italy Update: 13 June 2019 Further heavy rain caused flooding in areas around Lake Como in northern Italy…
Heavy rain fell in parts of Greece over the weekend 05 to 07 April, 2019, causing some flash flooding, in particular on the islands of Rhodes and Crete. This is…
The Greek island of Crete has experienced torrential rainfall and flooding for the second time in 7 days. Some areas of the island have now recorded over 1 metre of…
