Crete suffers worst flooding as storms pound Greek islands

In Pictures: Cars sent into the sea, rockslides as severe storms batter Greek islands

Severe storms battered islands in Greece for a second day, with Crete experiencing the heaviest rainfall.

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The tourist hotspot has seen homes flooded and cars swept out to sea as severe storms hit

Crete suffers worst flooding as storms pound Greek islands

Ferocious storms have battered Greek islands for a second consecutive day, bringing heavy rainfall, floods, and destruction. Crete has been hit hardest, with torrential downpours submerging homes and businesses and turning roads into rivers of mud. Authorities in the Cyclades, including Paros and Mykonos, scrambled to clear overturned cars and debris after severe hailstorms and heavy rainfall struck on Tuesday. Officials from the affected island…

Crete hit hardest among Greek islands battered by storms, flooding

Bad weather also impacts islands in the Cyclades chain in the central Aegean Sea popular with tourists.

In the whole of Greece, warnings of some rain and lightning are in force, especially on the largest island, already partially flooded, Kritu, according to local and foreign media.

Heavy torrential rains continued on the Greek islands for a second day, with the heaviest hitting Crete on Tuesday. Authorities on the islands of Paros and Mykonos have begun removing overturned cars and debris after local flash floods, TASR reports, according to an AP report.