Extreme weather events can trigger various hydrogeomorphic phenomena and processes
including slope failures. These shallow instabilities are difficult to monitor and measure due …

Despite being relatively rare, Mediterranean tropical-like cyclones, also known as
Medicanes, induce significant impacts on coastal Mediterranean areas. Under climate …

In this study, the climatology of tornadoes, waterspouts and funnel clouds over Greece is
presented for the period 1709–2012. The climatology consists of two datasets. An historical …

Tornadoes have been reported in Greece over recent decades in specific sub-geographical
areas and have been associated with strong synoptic forcing. While it has been established …

Tornadoes have been reported in Greece during the last few decades and recent studies
have given evidence that western Greece is an area vulnerable to tornadoes, waterspouts …

ABSTRACT A frequent area of waterspout formation is identified over the southern Aegean
Sea. The objectives of this study are threefold:(1) to investigate the temporal evolution of …

Ancient and traditional documents give evidence that tornadic activity over Greece is not as
rare as considered a couple decades ago. Significant research has been carried out during …

Significant research has been carried out during the last years, revealing that waterspout
(WS) is not a rare on unknown phenomenon over Aegean and Ionian Sea (eg …

Waterspouts pose a significant threat for coastal areas, maritime activities and structures and
thus their study is essential. They are frequently occurring in the Mediterranean Sea and …

Waterspouts (WS), funnel clouds (FC) and tornadoes could be characterized as the most
spectacular and violent of all small-scale natural phenomena. Such extreme weather events …