Storm

The National Meteorological Administration (ANM) updated on Monday the Code Yellow advisory of blizzard issued on Sunday and extended the number of counties to be affected by the bad weather to 27 from 12.

Moreover, the advisory for mixed precipitations and wind valid for the rest of the country was extended until Wednesday evening at 20:00hrs.

Heavy snowfall this week in the Balkans has closed down schools, left remote villages cut off and disrupted traffic and power supplies in many areas in the region.

After two severe weather fronts, which saw temperatures in parts of the country fall to below -18 degrees Celsius, conditions in Greece are expected to worsen as of Monday.

Temperatures are expected to drop, with snowfall certain, along with storms and gusty winds.

 The death toll from a storm that struck the Philippines shortly after Christmas rose to 68 with the number of fatalities expected to climb even higher, civil defence officials said Monday.

Three people were reported missing in Greece on Sunday after swirling winds and torrential rain brought flash floods in several parts of the country.

A rare type of tropical storm known as a Medicane began on Saturday and has so far mostly affected areas on the island of Evia, east of mainland Greece, and the southern Peloponnese peninsula.

AFP - A powerful typhoon hurtled toward Japan's mainland Sunday after injuring dozens on southern islands, as weather officials warned that fierce winds and torrential rain could trigger landslides and floods.

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

AFP - Typhoon Mangkhut rocked Hong Kong en route to mainland China on Sunday, lashing its coastline and sending skyscrapers swaying, after killing at least 30 people in the Philippines and ripping a swathe of destruction through its agricultural heartland.

Super Typhoon Mangkhut -- the biggest storm of the year -- smashed through the Philippines onSept. 15, claiming its first victims as two women were killed when a rain-drench hillside collapsed on them and another drowned in Taiwan.    

A storm that rained down chestnut-sized hailstones has seriously damaged at least 370 cars and 90 houses in the northern province of Kastamonu. Click through for the story in photos...