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.

Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing authorities to temporarily ban the use of vehicles as Storm Bora pounded the country for a second day.

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.