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Locals get evacuated on a rubber boat as flood waters cover the town of Palamas, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, Greece, September 8, 2023. /Reuters
Locals get evacuated on a rubber boat as flood waters cover the town of Palamas, in the aftermath of Storm Daniel, Greece, September 8, 2023. /Reuters
The death toll has risen to seven after storm Daniel swept across central Greece, triggering landslides, destroying roads and bridges and carrying away dozens of cars, local media reported Friday.
The downpour, from Monday evening into Tuesday, hit the central region of Thessaly, 300 kilometers to the north of Athens. Flooding affected the port city of Volos and the towns of Karditsa and Tikala further inland, as well as several villages, after more than a year’s worth of rain fell there in 24 hours.
Since Tuesday, 820 people have been evacuated across the country, 750 of them in the Thessaly region.
In light of the disaster, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis postponed a visit to northern Greece on Thursday and set up an emergency coordination unit in Larissa, one of the main towns in Thessaly.
He also postponed his weekend visit to the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair, where he had been due to give the annual keynote speech, present the government’s four-year plan and hold a major news conference.
Flash floods in Greece in 2017 killed 25 people and left hundreds homeless.
(With input from agencies)
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