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Death toll reaches 11 - update. ... flooding in Greece are forecast to be hit with more rain and storms. The Met Office says there is a 70 per cent chance of rain in Skiathos throughout most of today.
Damaged cars are pilled up in the mud after a record rainfall in Milina village, Pilion region, central Greece, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Rescue teams in Turkey, Greece and Bulgaria have recovered ...
Bad weather eased in central Greece on Friday leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month. In ...
In October 2022, Crete, the largest island of Greece was hit by destructive floods. [1] The floods were triggered by a large thunderstorm and heavy rains. [ 2 ] Two fatalities were reported along with 150 millimetres (5.9 in) of rain falling within less 12 hours.
[5] [6] In Greece, severe rainfall led to flooding that caused more than two billion euros in damage, making it the most costly recorded storm for the country. Libya was hit the hardest, with torrential rains causing two dams near the city of Derna to fail. This resulted in over 5,900 deaths and 7,000 injuries, with at least 8,000 others missing.
During the period of 12 January and February 2021, the rivers Erythropotamos (Greek: Ερυθροπόταμος) and Evros (Greek: Έβρος) also known as Maritsa (Bulgarian: Марица, Turkish: Meriç) overflowed twice because of heavy rainstorms resulting in severe floods of the areas around the rivers, that led to 1 death [1] and serious damages to private and public property.
The death toll from severe rainstorms that lashed parts of Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria increased to 14 on Wednesday after rescue teams in the three neighboring countries recovered seven more bodies.
At least 7 people die as severe rainstorms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. September 5, 2023 at 9:40 PM. ATHENS, Greece (AP) ... The Today Show