Category: environment

March 12, 2019

Weather Warning: Storms, Rainfalls, Snow, Temperature drop up to 12oC

While the last few days were full with a bright sunshine and mild temperatures, the Greek National Meteorological Service has issued a warning of an extraordinary weather deterioration with heavy rainfalls and snow and...

environment / local / news

March 5, 2019

Crete had 41 hours of non-stop rain on Feb. 24-26, meteo data shows

An analysis of the data concerning the destructive floods affecting Crete between February 24 and 26 has shown that rain fell on the island for 41 consecutive hours without stopping, the National Observatory of...

environment

February 25, 2019

Extreme Weather Warning for Crete!

Ferries remain docked at the ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio on Sunday, February 24th 2019, as powerful winds are blowing with intensity of 8-9 Beaufort and locally up to 10 B. Barometric low...

environment

February 23, 2019

Transport throughout Greece disrupted as ‘Oceanis’ brings snow and high winds

Temperatures plunged by roughly 10 degrees centigrade as the cold front “Oceanis” settled over Greece on Saturday, bringing bad weather that has disrupted both road and sea transport. Gale force winds of 8-9 Beaufort,...

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February 20, 2019

Temperatures to ‘dive’ at the weekend, with snow forecast at low altitudes

Weather conditions in Greece are expected to be particularly balmy on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday before taking a sharp turn for the worse on Friday and especially over the weekend. Very cold masses of...