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.

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.

Drone footage shows severe damage after Storm Bora hits the Greek island of Rhodes:: December 2, 2024:: Faliraki, Greece:: "A huge disaster, we didn’t know what to do, the situation was tragic, we were at home and praying for the rain to stop so we wouldn’t drown completely.