METEO: 38% of Greek territory suffers from drought

Conditions of mild or medium drought were recorded in 38 per cent of Greece's territory in October 2023, the Athens National Observatory's meteo.gr service reported on Tuesday.

The drought in central and eastern Macedonia, and especially in the region of Thrace, was classed as medium and, in some locations, extreme.

Mild drought conditions prevailed in parts of the central and eastern Peloponnese, eastern Central Greece (including Attica), central and southern Evia as well as in some islands of the Aegean.

Additionally, mild drought conditions were observed in some parts of central and western Macedonia.

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