Friday, September 11 – From Saturday afternoon, the weather is forecast to become unsettled, with a drop in temperature accompanied by rain and thunderstorms. Initially, the deterioration in the weather will be in northern and northwestern Greece. However, from Sunday into Monday, the weather systems are forecast to spread to more regions of Greece, with […]
August was the hottest across the planet ever recorded, while Europe experienced the most severe summer in its history, according to data released today by the European meteorological service Copernicus, which recorded an average air temperature of 16.96° Celsius, the highest since its records began in 1940. The global average temperature in August was 1.65°C […]
Aviation experts warn that increasing weather instability due to climate warming is making flight delays and cancellations more common. In late June this year, thunderstorms over southern UK and Northern Europe left air traffic controllers struggling to reroute aircraft around the storms; airspace became heavily congested, and many planes due to fly were forced to […]
Friday, September 4 – Data from the European EFFIS satellite system has confirmed that since mid-June, around 5.4 million hectares (13.34 million acres) have been lost to wildfires within the borders of the European Union. The total number of wildfires is over 1,000, a seasonal record for the Union. Since the beginning of the year, […]
The delicious age-old tradition in Greece of offering ‘Spoon Sweets’ to visitors goes way back to the fourteenth century when the Byzantines adopted the custom from Arab traders. It was a tradition as old as time in the Arabic world to serve sweets to guests as a gesture of hospitality. Spoon sweets are exactly what […]
Meteorologists are warning that due to the unprecedented growth of the El Niño phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, 2027 could deliver further excessive temperatures around the world, even breaking records set this year. El Niño is a natural climate pattern marked by the warming of ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific […]
Please be aware that there has been growing evidence regarding the danger of such masks due to the potential build-up of carbon dioxide and the possibility of snorkellers experiencing breathing difficulties whilst wearing this mask design. (Google search ‘full face mask dangers’ for worldwide warnings.) Extract from April 2023 ‘Dive’ Magazine:- “A coroner has warned […]
The Greek National Agency for Public Health guidelines for keeping safe during high temperatures:- Stay in shady and cool places away from crowds. Avoid heavy physical work, especially when temperatures and humidity are excessive. Do not engage in physical exercise (e.g., walking or running) for any extended period under the sun. Wear light, comfortable and […]
Tourists are warned against hiring quad bikes or scooters, after hundreds of accidents and deaths on the Greek islands. The hiring of quad bikes and similar vehicles is not usually covered by travel insurance, with the cost of repatriating a seriously injured patient to their home country costing up to 36,000€. Island Police Departments have […]
Please note that after a number of incidents in Greece in previous years of swimmers getting into trouble and, sadly, some losing their lives, swimmers should be aware of the danger of rip currents. Rip currents can be found near any beach, anywhere in the world. They are strong, localised, and rather narrow currents of […]
