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.

Greece is preparing for additional rain and storms after the Storm Bora, which hit the country over the past couple of days, subsides, local media reported on Tuesday.

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.