Aegean Sea

As a freak storm dubbed Zorbas makes its way across eastern Greece and the Aegean Sea on Saturday evening, authorities in the northern Aegean were making plans for moving thousands of asylum seekers into more suitable shelter.

This file photo shows lightning striking over sunlit rocky island during thunderstorm on Aegean Sea near Marmaris, Turkey. Photo: Aygul Sarvarova / Alamy

The Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has warned fishers in the Aegean region not to enter the territorial waters of Greece.

Greece's migration minister has pledged to improve living conditions for migrants in camps on islands in the Aegean Sea, where he said arrivals had doubled this summer.

An easing of the annual northerly winds known in Greece as meltemia has led to a rise in sea surface temperatures in the Aegean Sea in July, Kathimerini understands.

The coast guard and traffic police were on standby on Tuesday to facilitate a final wave of people leaving the capital for their summer vacations ahead of the August 15 national holiday.

The main ports of Piraeus, Rafina and Lavrio were busier than in recent weeks amid reports that ferries on the route to Paros and Tinos were booked to capacity.

The body of a teenage Italian tourist who disappeared in the sea after diving off a cliff on the Aegean island of Antiparos on Sunday afternoon was found on Monday morning by the local coast guard.

According to reports, sea conditions were rough when the 17-year-old took the plunge.

A forest fire erupted in the Aegean province of Bursa's Mudanya district on Aug. 11, turning nearly 15-20 hectares of land into ashes, Doğan News Agency reported.

A 30-year-old man drowned while swimming in Chios on Sunday.

The man, a migrant on the Aegean island, was swimming with friends in the Zyfia reservoir, which has become a popular bathing spot for refugees and migrants due to the high temperatures of recent days. While the man's companions returned to shore, he remained behind and drowned at a depth of 2.5 meters.

A 39-year-old tourist was seriously injured on Santorini while flyboarding, the Cycladic island's port authority said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred on Tuesday in the sea near the volcano, when the man lost control of the hydroflighting device and slammed into the jet ski which he was connected to.