Nouris orders immediate repairs to flood-hit Lympia
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris gave instructions Wednesday for damage caused by rain at the village of Lympia to be immediately repaired and solutions to be found to prevent a repeat ...
Storm warning for Monday night
The weather service has issued a storm warning for later Monday evening until lunchtime Tuesday.
According to the service, the warning concerns the hours between 8pm Monday and 12pm Tuesday.
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Strong rain causes issues at Larnaca airport
Two flights set to land at Larnaca airport on Saturday night were diverted as heavy rain led to poor visibility, while the downpour caused a leak at the airport’s ...
October rainfall only 14 per cent of seasonal levels
Rain this month was only at 14 per cent of the seasonal levels, with most of it recorded in the past couple of days, according to data from the meteorological department ...
Showers expected in some areas on Sunday
Isolated showers are expected across parts of the island on Sunday with storms possible in the west, the north and in the mountains, the met office said.
Temperatures are expected ...
Nicosia hit by strong winds
Several areas in Nicosia briefly went without electricity on Thursday after powerful gusts swept tree branches onto power cables.
A spokesperson for the Electricity Authority said 17 different areas were affected, ...
Temperatures expected to soar back to around 38C
Cyprus looks like it’s heading for an Indian summer with temperatures expected to soar back up to 38C next week, according to the KitasWeather website.
Meteorologist Eric Kitas told ...
Met office issues thunderstorm warning
The met service on Thursday issued a yellow weather alert warning of isolated heavy thunderstorms.
The service urged the public to be careful as isolated heavy thunderstorms are expected to ...
Rain and isolated storms expected
Increased cloud coverage in the coming days is expected result in showers and some isolated storms inland and in the mountains, the met office said on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, though ...
Average daily temperature in August beat July 2020 as hottest on record
August this year was the hottest month in terms of average daily temperature since records began in Cyprus, it emerged on Friday.
According to an announcement by the press and ...
Temperatures remain above average, new yellow alert
Temperatures remain stubbornly above the seasonal average, with the met office issuing yet another extreme high temperature warning, in force for Saturday from 12.30 noon to 4.00 pm.
According to the latest ...
Yellow weather alert for Friday
Temperatures will hit 40C inland again on Friday, the met office said on Thursday as it issued a yet another extreme high temperature warning.
The latest yellow alert will be ...
Yellow alert as heat wave drags on
The Department of Meteorology has issued an extreme high temperature warning, valid from 11.30 until 17.00 on Thursday.
In issuing the yellow alert, it said that the maximum temperature inland is expected ...
Yellow weather warning for Wednesday
A yellow warning for extremely high temperature will be in effect from 1pm, to 5pm on Wednesday, the met office said.
Temperatures inland will reach 40C and hit 32C in ...
Yellow alert for high temperatures on Saturday
The met office has issued an extreme high temperature warning for 1.00pm to 4.00pm on Saturday when temperatures will rise to around 40C inland and 32C over the Troodos highest ...
New yellow alert for high temperatures on Friday
The met office has issued a new yellow alert valid from 1pm to 4pm on Friday.
Forecasters said temperatures overnight on Thursday would be around 19C inland and 23C on ...
Reservoirs at 60% of capacity, fears over repeat of last winter’s dearth of rainfall
Cyprus’ dams are at 60.2 per cent full, with farmers and consumers on tenterhooks that this winter will match the bountiful rains of the winters of 2018 and 2019 and not last year’...
August rainfall 110 per cent above normal
The rainfall so far in August is 110 per cent of what is normal for the time of the year after the recent rain and thunderstorms, the met office reported on ...
Yellow weather alert valid until Monday afternoon
The met office issued a new yellow alert valid from 9pm on Sunday to 4pm on Monday.
Forecasters said temperatures would not fall below 26C inland and 27C on the ...
Met office issues thunderstorm warning
The met office has issued an alert, warning of heavy thunderstorms with rain and the possibility of hail for Friday.
The yellow alert is in force from 11 am to 5.30 pm.
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Overnight yellow alert in effect until 6am Thursday
Τhe met office has issued a new yellow warning for high temperatures.
The alert will be in effect until 6am on Thursday.
According to the warning, temperatures are not expected ...
Temperatures to drop below 40C over the weekend
After a week of sweltering heat that has seen the thermometer hit 44C and prompted a flurry of extreme hot weather warnings from the met office, temperatures will drop below 40...
New yellow alert issued
Τhe met office on Thursday issued a new yellow warning for high temperatures.
The alert will be in effect until Friday afternoon.
Temperatures are expected to hit 42C inland, 33C ...
Last month was world’s third-hottest July on record – EU scientists
Last month was one of the world’s hottest Julys on record, behind only 2019 and 2016, with unusually high temperatures seen in regions from Finland to the United States, EU scientists ...