Heavy rain, storms and winds batter Cyprus
Heavy rain hit the island on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday.
They further ...
Heavy rain batters Paphos
Heavy rain hit Paphos on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday.
Police urged drivers ...
Orange weather alert issued for Paphos, Limassol and parts of Larnaca
An orange weather alert was issued through the CY-ALERT system on Wednesday afternoon, warning of strong thunderstorms, gusty winds and possible hail.
According to Civil Defence, the alert was sent ...
Storms to begin earlier than forecast, updated orange warning
The met department issued an updated orange warning for severe storms, starting at 3pm on Wednesday and lasting until 5am on Thursday.
The initial warning had said the storms would ...
Orange weather warning for severe storms
The met department has issued an orange weather warning for severe storms starting from 7pm on Wednesday.
The warning will last until 5am on Thursday, with rainfall intensity expected to ...
Orange warning issued for severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening
An orange weather warning for severe thunderstorms will be in effect from Wednesday evening until early Thursday morning, the Meteorological Service said on Tuesday.
The warning will run from 7pm ...
Lightning sparks fire at Avgorou home
A lightning-sparked fire in a storage room caused severe damage to an adjacent house in Avgorou, leaving a family of three temporarily displaced.
The family will be accommodated in a ...
Police urge caution on roads amid severe weather
Police on Saturday urged drivers to exercise extra caution as severe weather sweeps through the region, warning that deteriorating road conditions could pose serious risks to motorists.
Drivers were advised ...
Orange weather warning issued with temperatures set to reach 44 degrees
An orange weather warning was issued for extreme high temperatures on Thursday, with the mercury set to rise to a whopping 44 degrees Celsius.
The warning will be in force between 12...
Further orange weather warning as Cyprus deals with hottest days of summer
An orange weather warning has been issued for Thursday, the Met office said as it forecast temperatures were expected to reach 43C and above for the second day in a ...
Orange warning issued as temperatures set to reach 43C
The Met Office has issued an orange warning for extreme high temperatures, with inland areas expected to reach 43C on Wednesday.
The warning was issued on Tuesday and will be ...
Americans hunker down, help each other under blizzard and brutal cold
Tens of millions of Americans hunkered down on Monday or ventured out to help neighbors under bitter cold, blizzards of snow and lashings of freezing rain from a huge winter ...
Weather warning upgraded to orange
The meteorological office on Tuesday afternoon upgraded a warning for Storm Byron, which has brought great devastation to north and the west coast, from yellow to orange.
The warning will ...
Another orange weather warning issued for high temperatures
The met office on Monday issued another orange weather warning for extreme high temperatures, with the mercury set to rise to 43 degrees Celsius inland again.
The weather warning will be ...
Orange weather warning issued for high temperatures
The met office on Sunday issued an orange weather warning for extreme high temperatures, with the mercury set to rise to 43 degrees Celsius inland.
The weather warning will remain in ...
Orange weather warning issued for Saturday
The met office on Friday evening announced that an orange weather warning would be in force between midnight and 5pm on Saturday.
It said temperatures are only expected to drop ...
Temperatures expected to hit 44C on Thursday amid halt to outdoor work
The heatwave hitting Cyprus is expected to peak this Thursday with temperatures expected to hit 44C amid yet another orange level weather warning.
On Wednesday, temperatures caused a halt in ...
Orange weather warning for intense rains, storms
The Cyprus meteorological department on Monday issued an orange warning for intense rain and storms that will remain in place until Wednesday evening.
The warning, in effect from 10pm on ...
Double weather alerts for extreme heat extended to Wednesday
The met service issued another two warnings for extreme heat for Wednesday.
An orange weather alert will be in force in the higher mountains from 12 to 6pm on Wednesday when ...
Works halted in the mountains after record high temperatures
Heavy and medium labour has been suspended in the mountains on Tuesday where an orange weather warning remained in force as temperatures rose to record high levels.
The alert has ...
Two weather warnings as temperature set to hit 44C
As the island continues to bake in high temperatures the Meteorological department on Sunday issued two weather warning.
The first was a yellow weather warning issued for Sunday night.
Valid ...
Food delivery services banned during heatwave warnings (Update 2)
Food and other related delivery services are to be banned during orange and red heatwave warnings, according to Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou.
The ban on delivery services will apply from 12...
Orange alert as temperature hits 44C
An orange weather alert was in force on Sunday for extreme heat, as temperature reaches 44C.
The warning for extreme high temperature is valid from 12 to 6pm, the met service ...
EAC postpones power cut as orange alert issued
The electricity authority postponed a scheduled power cut in Larnaca due to the heatwave gripping the island as the met service issued another orange alert for extremely high temperatures on ...