Scientists say extreme weather events resulting from global climate change will continue in Greece. The bad weather is expected to affect tourism - its top source of income, and agriculture.

Greece is considered a climate change "hot spot" because of its position in the Mediterranean. In the last few years it has suffered from major drought, heatwaves, fires and floods. Water levels have been seriously affected, which have already dropped by as much as 300 meters as rainfall becomes more sparse.

Forest fires in 2007 and 2009 driven by high temperatures and extreme winds burned down hundreds of thousands of hectares of the country's rich forests.

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