A lumbering low-pressure system over the central Mediterranean Sea has been dousing Greece in waves of torrential rainfall over recent days, a weather pattern reminiscent of one that wrought severe flooding in Spain in October.

Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads in the popular Greek tourist island of Rhodes on Sunday, forcing authorities to temporarily ban the use of vehicles as Storm Bora pounded the country for a second day.

A storm sweeping through Greece has claimed a third victim, state TV reported Monday, after damaging roads and buildings on the islands of Lemnos, Rhodes and other parts of the country.

Two men died in a flooded village on the island of Lenmos, while a male driver fell into a ditch as he tried to avoid debris in the northern region of Halkidiki.

Torrential rains and gale-force winds are causing flooding and damage across the country.

Greece is preparing for additional rain and storms after the Storm Bora, which hit the country over the past couple of days, subsides, local media reported on Tuesday.

Greece is bracing for extreme weather with significant amounts of rain and snow this weekend due to storm "Bora."

Heavy rain from Storm Bora causesflooding on the Greek tourist island of RhodesReuters video footage showed cars and debris piled-up, damaged homes, flooded streets and residents trying to remove the mud from their properties in Ialyos,

Storm Bora, with its extreme weather phenomena, has mercilessly battered Greece this weekend and claimed two lives.

Torrential rains flooded homes, businesses and roads on the island of Rhodes, as Storm 'Bora' battered the country for a second consecutive day. The storm caused severe damage in the popular tourist area of Faliraki and the in the village of Tsairi.