Dry October draws to a close with a small chance of rain coming

The driest October in the past 15 years is coming to a close on Thursday, with November bringing hopes of scattered showers in some parts of the country.

According to the National Observatory of Athens' (NOA) Meteo weather service, reading from the 118 weather stations it operates across the country, rainfall during the month of October was the lowest in has been in 15 years, compounding fears that Greece is looking at a protracted period of drought and water scarcity.

More specifically, Meteo found that 95 of its 118 stations recorded zero to very little rainfall in October, down 80-95% from the month's average. Moreover, what rainfall there was did not come to more than the 15-year average for October at any of the locations.

The only exceptions for the driest October in 15 years were parts of northwestern Greece like Ioannina and the island of Corfu, where...