Climate

The world is at risk of missing the goal of restricting planetary warming to 1.5C unless all countries get behind the effort and act swiftly, Greece's ambassadors to the European Climate Pact warned in statements to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA), uniting their voices with those of colleagues in another 27 European Union countries in the battle against climate change.

7 airports closed as volcanic ash reaches as far as neighboring Malaysia, according to authorities

Public infrastructure damaged, while land routes to cities and towns in eastern part cut off due to damaged roads and bridges

Today in Albania, Summer Day is celebrated, a holiday of ancient origin. The center of this celebration is Elbasan, while the distinctive sign of this celebration is the cooking of ballakums.

Authorities ask Queensland's residents to stay home as heavy rain, storm predicted

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.6 on the Richter scale occurred Wednesday night, at 23:01, at a depth of 99.4 km., followed by a second earthquake, of 3.4 degrees Richter, at a depth of 81.8 km, on Thursday morning, at 4:49, in the eastern Vrancea seismic zone, Vrancea county, according to information published by the National Institute for Research and Development for Earth Physics (INCDFP).

Classes are suspended on Tuesday in all educational units in northeastern Iasi county, due to unfavorable weather conditions, but also in several schools in Bacau, Botosani, Braila, Buzau, Galati, Neamt and Suceava counties, all of Moldavia region's, the Ministry of Education informed.

This “village within a village” is exactly the place to go to enjoy the wilds of Poland in their rawest form.

El Nino-induced heavy rains and flooding have affected 2 million people across the country

A storm that hit the Gorenjska region this morning caused flooding in Bled, Kranj, Žirovnica and Kamnik. Landslides were also triggered, including two in the Bohinj municipality. Some households in Kranj have been left without power. In northern parts of the Primorska region, some roads were flooded and trees fallen.

Villages in the plain of Thessaly, towns outside Volos, and villages of northern Evia continued to face severe infrastructure problems following two successive storms of 'Daniel' and 'Elias' that flooded them and swept away structures, authorities said on Sunday.

The huge amounts of water that fell on Volos during storm 'Elias' caused the Krafsidonas torrent to overflow on Thursday, making this the second time the torrent has burst its banks in the last 20 days.

The Elias weather system continued to affect several parts of the country on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms, accompanied by hail and a high frequency of lightning.

More than 3,000 people dead after floods caused by Storm Daniel struck eastern Libya, according to officials

Larissa in central Greece continued to prepare for more flooding from the overflow of Pinios river on Sunday.

The Krafsidonas river overflowed again in the city of Volos, due to the torrential rain that has been sweeping the capital of Magnesia.

The two fire fronts in the area of Lefkimmi (Evros) at a creek north of Soufli were still raging on Sunday.

Two fire fronts in the region of Evros are still raging at the area of Leptokarya and particularly at Meghalo Rema and Kotronia.

Potential pollution has upset locals in Koroška post-floods after a resident posted test results for soil that show excessive levels of heavy metals. While he commissioned the tests himself, the national Environment Agency (ARSO) will present its test results this afternoon.

The Environment Agency (ARSO) has issued the highest, red alert this morning for the northern parts of Slovenia, as heavy rainfall is expected there today that could cause major floods. Landslides will also be possible, the agency said on its website.