Athina, Paris among new names for extreme weather
Starting Friday, the weather services of Cyprus, Greece, and Israel will start naming extreme weather systems affecting the eastern Mediterranean region between October 2021 and...
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Russian companies want to make it rain in Cyprus
Russian companies have been approaching the government trying to promote their cloud seeding systems to increase the chances of rain, it emerged on Friday. This piece...
Yellow weather warning for Monday
There is no respite from the heat in Cyprus as the met office issued a yellow weather warning for Monday due to extreme temperatures. Inlands,...
Yellow weather alert issued for Sunday
The met office on Sunday issued a yellow warning for extremely high temperatures, expected to reach 40C inland. The alert will be in effect from...
Orange storm warning for inland and mountains, hail, flooding could occur
The met office on Sunday issued an orange alert for heavy thunderstorms inland and in the mountains, warning of possible hail and flash flooding. The...
Yellow warning from met office, red warning from fire services
By Evie Andreou Authorities on Tuesday issued warnings over high temperatures and extremely high risk of fire, with the forestry department urging the public to...
No white Christmas, but dust to subside
THE high level of dust particles in the atmosphere, which has caused breathing problems and raised the temperature, will gradually clear by Saturday evening, the...
Weekend downpours as Autumn arrives
AUTUMN is finally here, according to the met office, albeit only for this weekend which is expected to be very rainy. Saturday is expected to...
BBC picks private weather forecaster as it ditches Met Office after 94 years
BBC weather forecasts, closely watched by millions in Britain, will be provided from next year by a private company, replacing the Met Office after 94...
February was one of the warmest and driest on record
February this year has been one of the warmest and driest on record, the met service said on Tuesday. According to preliminary data some of...
New Year cold snap on the way
Cyprus will see rain and low temperatures on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, with snow expected in the mountains. On Wednesday afternoon the...
Despite more rain, levels still well below normal
Up to 54.9 mm of rain fell in the last 24 hours in some areas, but rainfall in December is still well below the seasonal...
Met Office issues weather warning
A yellow weather warning has been issued until tomorrow in light of the current weather conditions, the Met Office said on Thursday. “The weather will...
Temperatures set to plunge from Thursday
A more winter-like weather pattern is expected from Thursday on, with a plunge in temperatures, and rain, the met office said on Tuesday. Until Wednesday...
Yellow alert as new heatwave hits (Updates with forest fires warning)
Another heatwave hit the island on the weekend and is expected to last until Thursday, the met office said. On Monday authorities issued a yellow...
Temperatures to drop as reservoirs fill up (Updated)
By Evie Andreou A DIVE in temperature is expected on Thursday, with snow falling at lower altitudes, the met office’s Panayiotis Mouskos said on Monday....
‘Cauldrons’ in Iceland glacier could point to volcano eruption
By Robert Robertsson Ice over Iceland’s rumbling Bardarbunga volcano has melted to reveal a row of 1-km wide “cauldrons”, possibly due to a sub-glacial eruption,...
When the weather sensor’s broken, send a cop to measure snow levels
HOW do you tell how much snow there is in Cyprus? It turns out guessing will have to do. Although police bulletins on the latest...
Snow falls on Troodos
Winter has officially arrived as a smattering of snow settled in Troodos on Thursday while rainfall is expected over the weekend. “There was around 2cm...
Nicosia sees hottest day this year
A heat wave propelled air temperatures to a yearly high of 40C in Nicosia on Friday. For an otherwise moderate summer, the temperature for...