A lumbering low-pressure system over the central Mediterranean Sea has been dousing Greece in waves of torrential rainfall over recent days, a weather pattern reminiscent of one that wrought severe flooding in Spain in October.

More than 30cm of rain was reported to have fallen on the island of Rhodes - one of the first areas to be impacted by Storm Bora - since Saturday. The deaths occurred on the island of Lemnos where flooding damaged roads and buildings and residents were asked to evacuate their homes,

A storm sweeping through Greece has claimed a third victim, state TV reported Monday, after damaging roads and buildings on the islands of Lemnos, Rhodes and other parts of the

FIILE PHOTO; Sept. 29, 2023. A piece of luggage floats along a flooded street in Sotirio village near the city of Volos, Greece,