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Storm Daniel prompts FCDO weather warning for Italy, Greece and Malta

Destinations
James Chapple
7 September 2023

Several major destinations in the Mediterranean have been hit by high winds, torrential rain and flash flooding – prompting fresh weather warnings from the Foreign Office.

Storm Daniel prompts FCDO weather warning for Italy, Greece and Malta

Storm Daniel has affected much of southern Europe (Credit: @metoffice)

After the 40C heatwave that brought wildfires to Greece and Italy earlier this summer, both countries are now battling more extreme weather in the form of severe storms, driven by Storm Daniel’s passage across the Mediterranean.


Jet2.com and Tui have cancelled flights to Skiathos after 24 hours of near constant rain, with the same amount of rain falling in a single day than is typical for the whole of autumn.