Sitting between Asia, Africa and Europe, Crete is located around 200 miles south of mainland Greece. With an area of about 3,300 square miles, Crete is one of the largest islands in the ...

Crete earthquake latest: Aftershocks continue after 6.1 quake with tourist sites still closed ... Parts of the road were cordoned off due to rubble, with several older buildings damaged.

In Iraklio, Crete's main port city, a major road was sealed off after fragments of broken plaster from an old and deteriorating building plummeted to the street.

"Roads have been damaged and we need help with more machines so that we can clear the streets," Paros' mayor Costas Bizas told public broadcaster ERT. "All this catastrophe happened in two hours ...

Rescue crews freed seven on Crete as floods, rockslides hit; Chania saw highest rainfall in 24 ... with torrential downpours submerging homes and businesses and turning roads into rivers of mud.

In Iraklio, Crete's main port city, a major road was sealed off after fragments of broken plaster from an old and deteriorating building plummeted to the street.