However, the severe weather that hit the country yesterday caused several issues in Crete, Lamia, and Attica. Due to heavy rainfall late Sunday night, Koropi Avenue in Markopoulo became impassable ...

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rattled the Greek island of Crete on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, with no major damage immediately reported. The strong quake struck 82 kilometres (51 miles ...

A holidaymaker staying at a plush resort in Crete was terrified after being woken by an earthquake on Thursday morning. Claire Gibson was shaken awake by the early morning tremors which hit the ...

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Greek island of Crete early this morning, Thursday 22 May. The tremor was felt across several Aegean islands, areas of mainland Greece ...

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has hit the Greek islands (Picture: Getty Images) A number of Greek islands, including Crete and Santorini have been hit by a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake ...

The Greek island of Crete has been hit by a strong earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale. The quake took place at 6.19 (Greek time) 56 kilometers north-northeast of Heraklion, Crete ...

Emergency services have warned residents to evacuate from the coast. 20 Historical Figures Whose True Evil Was Only Discovered After Their Death Scientists studied late sleepers for 8 years and ...

The quake's epicentre was about 58 kilometres north-northeast of Elounda on the northern coast of Crete in the sea, at a depth of 69 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey. Earthquake and ...

The Battle of Crete was one of the most dramatic battles of the Second World War. Over 12 days in May 1941 a mixed force of New Zealanders, British, Australian and Greek troops desperately tried to ...

At the age of two, his family emigrated to Crete to care for his blind grandmother in Archanes. On May 20, 1941, when the Nazis invaded Crete, Helias was still in high school. Helias’ older brother ...

When Joy Adams attends Mount Maunganui’s Battle of Crete memorial service this Sunday, May 18, she’ll be thinking of her late father hiding from Germans in a Crete hen house nearly 84 years ago.