GREECE FLOOD DISASTER – 31 INCHES of Rain Hammer Crete (Latest Updates)

Five straight days of heavy rainfall have caused widespread flooding, coastal road collapses, and agricultural destruction across the island of Crete, Greece. The storm, which scientists rank among the most extreme to strike the island in decades, brought over 31 inches of rain to parts of the region, leading to two confirmed deaths across Greece. High rainfall totals triggered major river overflows and ground collapses, severing transportation routes near Ierapetra and inundating nearly four square miles of farmland on the Lasithi Plateau. In the western mountains, eight park staff and forest rangers remain stranded inside the Samaria Gorge, where fast-moving floodwaters have buried the trail out. In this video, we examine the five-day deluge, the coastal and mountain damage, the stranded workers inside Samaria Gorge, and the government relief response underway as engineers assess the destruction. CHAPTERS 0:00 — Five Days of Torrential Rain 1:12 — Widespread Flooding and Rescues 2:02 — The Hardest-Hit Regions 3:43 — Casualties and Coastal Damage 4:33 — TRAPPED — Eight Workers in Samaria Gorge 6:13 — Record Rainfall Totals 7:01 — What Scientists Are Saying 7:52 — Mountain Villages Cut Off 9:33 — Road Collapses and Sea Rescues 11:15 — Agricultural Disaster on Lasithi Plateau 12:53 — Government Response and Inspections 13:44 — Brief Weather Window Before Next Storm SOURCES Associated Press Agence France-Presse CNN Greece Ekathimerini Newsit.gr e-Kriti Cretalive usay.gr Volos Day Enikos Argophilia #Crete #CreteFloods #Greece #GreeceFloods #CreteFloods2026 #SamariaGorge #FlashFlood #ExtremeWeather #NaturalDisaster #MediterraneanStorm #Ierapetra #GlobalWeather