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 in October.

Heavy rain from Storm Bora causesflooding on the Greek tourist island of RhodesReuters video footage showed cars and debris piled-up, damaged homes, flooded streets and residents trying to remove the mud from their properties in Ialyos,

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.

A storm sweeping through Greece has claimed a third victim, state TV reported Monday, after damaging roads and buildings on the islands of Lemnos, Rhodes and other parts of the country.

Torrential rains and gale-force winds are causing flooding and damage across the country.

Greece is bracing for extreme weather with significant amounts of rain and snow this weekend due to storm "Bora."

British holidaymakers have been warned of torrential rains and gale-force winds in Greece as deadly Storm Bora batters the country, killing at least two. More than 30cm of rain was reported to have fallen on the island of Rhodes since Saturday.

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The latest fatality, a 56-year-old man, was discovered in Halkidiki, northern Greece, on Monday, according to the Fire Brigade. On Saturday, two men lost their lives amid severe flooding on the island of Lemnos in the northern Aegean, which bore the brunt of the storm before it moved southeast, striking Rhodes island with equal ferocity.

A storm sweeping through Greece has killed two people on the island of Lemnos, and damaged roads and buildings in Rhodes, the authorities said on