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UPDATE Tourist killed by lightning on the island of Rhodes

2 October 2026 at 13:38

A 58-year-old tourist was killed by a lightning in southern Rhodes early afternoon on Friday. The woman was walking with her husband in Lothiarika area of Laerma near Lindos in the south part of the island in the eastern Aegean Sea. She was struck by the lightning at 14:45 and died on the spot, local […]

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Sailing ban for ferries due to gale-force winds in the Aegean Sea

2 October 2026 at 12:22

Ferries remain docked at several ports in Greece on Friday, October 2, due to gale-force winds reaching 9 and up to 10 Beaufort locally in the Aegean Sea. A sailing ban was imposed at the ports of Rafina and Lavrio in south-eastern Attica on Friday morning, while sailings from the port of Piraeus were also […]

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Greece Weather Warning: RED ALERT for Crete and Dodecanese (MAPs)

2 October 2026 at 11:25

Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY updated its weather warning and upgraded it to Category 5 – RED ALERT. The weather warning regards mainly the island of Crete and the Dodecanese island group and is valid from Friday to Sunday, October 2-4, 2026. According to the weather warning, heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms and gale-force winds up to […]

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Rainstorm sweeps across Crete: One dead, floods, infrastructure damages (videos)

1 October 2026 at 18:52

A heavy rainstorm has been sweeping across the island of Crete on Thursday with tons of water flooding homes, businesses and agricultural land, damaging roads and bridges, causing the life of one person and putting at risk the lives of thousands. Most affected are the regions of Heraklion, Lasithi and Rethymnon. Thye bad weather is […]

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How Europe’s Intensifying Marine Heatwaves Threaten Its Fisheries

26 September 2026 at 18:56
By Ben Welsh, Simon Jessop and Kate Abnett LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) – As drought spread and wildfires raged across Europe this summer, the extraordinary heat didn’t stop at the shoreline. European...

Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls and thunderstorms

25 September 2026 at 16:52

Greece’s National Meteorological Service, EMY, issued a weather warning, Category 4, of a weather deterioration forecast to start on Friday evening, September 25. The weather deterioration is forecast to begin in the in the northwest of the country with heavy rain and thunderstorms, while hailstorms locally are also possible. It is expected to last until […]

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Greece Weather Warning: Heavy rainfalls, thunderstorms and lightning

21 September 2026 at 11:52

Greece’s National Meteorological Service EMY issued a weather warning on Monday, September 21, 2026. Heavy rainfalls, storms and and lightning are forecast to affect several regions in the country as of Tuesday, September 22. The weather deterioration is forecast to be of short duration, starting from the early hours of Tuesday, September 22, through the early […]

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Gale-force winds disrupt ferry services in the Aegean Sea

31 July 2026 at 08:18

Greek authorities imposed a sailing ban from the ports of Rafina and Lavrio, eastern Attica, as gale-force winds sweeping across the Aegean Sea also on Friday, July 31, 2026, and ferry services have been disrupted. The sailing ban comes into effect after some ferries has problems to anchor at islands ports and as thousands flock […]

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