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Five people have lost their lives due to the heavy rainfall in the past few days. A 30-year-old man from Ksilokastro was the last “victim” of the extreme weather conditions. He tried to drive through a stream in his car, a few meters away from his house, but he was swept away by the fierce water.

The latest tally shows that 112 migrants and refugees arrived on the island of Chios in the last 24 hours while another 46 reached the coasts of Kos and 14 the island of Kastelorizo. No arrivals were recorded on Lesvos and Samos.

I remember my former colleague and avid traveler Dinos Kiousis often saying: "The only way to experience true hospitality is to visit Velvento." I bore this in mind as we crossed the impressive Lake Polyfytos Bridge, which traverses a reservoir created by the Public Power Corporation (PPC) some 40 years ago to harness the power of the Aliakmonas River and now so beautiful that it's hard to beli

Authorities fear a new wave of extreme weather could wreak more havoc after the 2-day rainfalls resulted in the death of four people.

Greeks prefer to rent a small, up to 20 years old, apartment, according to a nationwide survey from the real estate service RE/MAX. Rents dropped in Athens but continued to rise in Karditsa and Volos. The same prices have been observed in Thessaloniki, Syros and Mykonos.

According to the refugee crisis coordinating body, 140 more refugees and migrants reached the shores of the islands of Chios and Lesvos in the past 24 hours. The conditions on the two islands are becoming increasingly unbearable as the the facilities on both are overcrowded.

Three people lost their lives in heavy rainfall, Tuesday. A 63-year-old woman, near the city of Kalamata in the Peloponnese, who was confined to a wheel-chair, was trapped in her basement level apartment when waters flooded her house before help could arrive. An 80-year-old man in Thourio and an unidentified man also lost their lives in the weather storm.

Government officials on Tuesday determined which reception centers for migrants across the country are to close and where new, improved facilities are to open but did not determine a time-frame, even as authorities on the Aegean islands warn of dangerously cramped and tense conditions in local camps.

A 44-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son were killed instantly Monday after the woman's car collided head on with a truck on a country road between Kilkis and Serres in northern Greece.

The 55-year-old truck driver was hospitalized with minor injuries. The circumstances of the collision are under investigation.

A total of 84 migrants and refugees have arrived on Greece's Aegean islands in the past 48 hours, authorities said Monday.

Authorities said that 9,308 are currently sheltered on the islands of Lesvos, Chios and Samos.