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Winds Die Down Over Cretan Sea After Port Authority Warning

2023-09-10 by Argophilia Travel News

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On Saturday, the Port Authority of Heraklion was put on storm alert in the wake of Northerly and Westerly winds and rain.

Tags: Cretan Sea, crete, Crete Island, Crete weather, current weather, Heraklion Port Authority, heraklion weather, seastate, weather alert

Stamata Wildfires Signal Dangerous Heatwave On the Way

2021-07-27 by Argophilia Travel News

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Wildfires today near Athens have firefighters battling intense blazes. Officials warn of coming heat wave.

Tags: 1987 heatwave, dangerous weather, Greece summer, Greek wildfires., heat advisory, heat wave, Stamata Wildfires, temperature warning, weather alert, weather warning

Greece Expecting Warmest January in the Last 50 Years

2021-01-08 by Argophilia Travel News

Hersonissos

According to Greece’s National Observatory of Athens the country will experience the highest January temperatures of the last 50 years.

Tags: Crete weather, global warming, Greece weather, Greece weather conditions, Heraklion temperatures, heraklion weather, record January, record temperatures, warm front, weather alert, weather records, winter weather

Torrential Rains Cause Severe Flooding Across Much of Crete

2020-11-10 by Aleksandr Shatskih

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Heavy flooding due to torrential rains have damaged roads, flooded hundreds of homes, and swept cars into the sea on Crete Island.

Tags: crete, Crete flooding, Crete Island, Crete lockdown, Crete rains, Crete storms, Greece weather, Malia, weather alert, Zorbas Island

Weather System “Kirki” Dumps Rain on Most of Greece

2020-10-28 by Argophilia Travel News

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A low-pressure front spawned by the weather system Kirki is already moving east over much of southwest Greece today.

Tags: Athens National Observatory, Athens weather, Crete weather, Greece weather, Kirki, storms, weather alert

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