Ferry Routes to Crete Modified Due to Severe Weather
Operators kept main Piraeus-Crete sailings running as 8- to 9-Beaufort winds forced some intermediate island stops to be dropped.
- A low-pressure system settling over the eastern Mediterranean is forecast to unleash torrential rainfall across Crete, with European ECMWF models projecting over 450 liters per square meter by Sunday, October 4, and German models projecting over 400 liters per square meter.
- Crete's steep terrain and northern mountain slopes create conditions where moist air produces prolonged intense rainfall, with the Hellenic National Meteorological Service forecasting heavy rains primarily affecting Chania and Rethymno regional units through Sunday morning.
- In Zoniana, water entered homes and roads were flooded, while a bridge collapse in Mylopotamos injured two occupants transported to University General Hospital of Heraklion; heavy rainfall also affected Heraklion with flooding recorded in city areas.
- Civil Protection issued a 112 emergency alert advising citizens to avoid traveling to Zoniana, Livadia and the mountainous Mylopotamos area, while schools closed across Sitia, Lasithi Plateau, Chania, Rethymno and Minoa Pediada as a precaution to limit travel.
- Crete's steep terrain means heavy rainfall can quickly turn mountain streams and roads into dangerous waterways, with rockfalls and landslides becoming problems on mountain roads; residents and visitors should monitor official Civil Protection warnings as weather models continue updating forecasts.
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The popular tourist island of Crete is facing a risk of flooding this week. Forecasts say the northern part of the island is expected to receive more than 400mm of rain, an extreme amount. The island is on the highest level of warning.
Earlier, the National Meteorological Service issued an emergency bulletin of dangerous weather phenomena warning of heavy rains and storms, mainly in Crete - The Risk Assessment Committee met for the bad weather The post Bad weather: Crete in "Red Code" until Sunday - Heavy rains, storms and risk of flooding appeared first on in.gr.
Deterioration of the weather is predicted from today, Wednesday (30-09-2026) in the east and south of the country with locally heavy rains and storms, mainly in Crete, as well as very windy winds in the Aegean. The Hellenic Meteorological Service issued an emergency weather deterioration bulletin, at noon on Wednesday, warning of strong phenomena in Crete and Evia. The emergency weather deterioration bulletin from the Hellenic Meteorological Ser…
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