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Weather Warning: Greece Is Cooking Under An Intense Heat Dome

2021-08-03 by Phil Butler

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An extreme heat warning continues from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) today as temperatures continue to soar.

Tags: Athens weather, dangerous weather, heatwave, Hellenic National Meteorological Service, heraklion weather, HNMS, Meteo Alarm, temperature warning, weather, weather hazard

Turkey Wildfires Are the Worst Ever – Experts Say It’s Only the Beginning

2021-07-31 by Phil Butler

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Wildfires are ravaging areas of southern Turkey. According to the reports, unprecedented fires have forced tourists and locals to evacuate.

Tags: Antalya, European Space Imagine, fires, forecasts, global warming, heatwave, Mugla, Turkey, Turkey tourism, Turkey weather, Turkey wildfires, visit turkey, weather, weather warnings, WMO

Study Reveals Greece In Environmental Crosshairs

2018-02-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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According to a new scientific study, Athens will be the worst hit of all European capitals where future droughts and heatwaves are concerned. Researchers at Newcastle University sourced all the available climate models (based on three scenarios) in order to predict how weather patterns will evolve for some 571 European cities between 2050 and 2100.

Tags: Athens climate, climate change, drought, floods, future climate, global warming, Greece climate, Greece drought, Greece floods, heatwave, Selma Guerreiro

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Valentine’s Day in Crete shows up quietly in bakeries: familiar chocolate cakes and cheesecakes, reshaped into hearts, nothing reinvented.

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Heraklion launches a citywide pothole repair project worth €800,000, starting from Xirokambos and 62 Martyron, with a two-year timeline.

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