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 last month.

Drone footage shows severe damage after Storm Bora hits the Greek island of Rhodes:: December 2, 2024:: Faliraki, Greece:: "A huge disaster, we didn’t know what to do, the situation was tragic, we were at home and praying for the rain to stop so we wouldn’t drown completely.

Two men died in a flooded village on the island of Lenmos, while a male driver fell into a ditch as he tried to avoid debris in the northern region of Halkidiki.