At least ten people died due to the floods this week in Greeceaccording to a new balance released this Friday by the government, when the firefighters and the army they continue evacuating hundreds of inhabitants isolated by torrential rains.
“Unfortunately, ten of our fellow citizens lost their lives in the floods, and there are four people missing”, reported the Greek Minister of Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilias, in a press conference.
All the fatal victims of the torrential rains that fell between Tuesday and Thursday were found in the Thessaly regionabout 300 kilometers north of Athens.
According to the Coast Guard, the lifeless body of a woman was found on a beach in Magnesia. In the same area, two other men who had been swept away by the floods were found dead this Friday, while in the city of Karditsa a woman drowned in her flooded house, the portal reported. news247.
As part of an “immense” rescue operation, firefighters use helicopters and lifeboats to reach towns in the region, blocked by rising rivers.
The streets turned into streams, and there are houses under water in towns like the town of Palamas.
According to rescuers, at least four people are still missing in Magnesia and Karditsa.
Residents of the affected areas fear that the death toll will rise. “It is almost certain that there will be more deaths,” lamented Christodoulos Makris, a 53-year-old farmer, who managed to flee Palamas on his tractor to take refuge in the neighboring village.
Storm “Daniel”which was classified as an “extreme” phenomenon due to the amount of water falling in 24 hours, hit the Magnesia area on Monday and Tuesday, particularly its capital, the city of Volos and the towns of Mount Pelion, before arriving on Wednesday. to locations near Karditsa and Trikala.
Some 200 tourists stranded on Mount Pelion have been evacuated aboard boats in recent days, firefighters said Thursday.
In Farkadona, 330 km northwest of the Greek capital, the water level exceeded one meter and many homes are flooded.
The prime minister, the conservative Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who went to the affected areas this Friday, spoke of an “unprecedented” phenomenon and stated that will ask the European Union for “the maximum possible support” to address the consequences of the catastrophe.
From Monday to Friday, more than 1,800 people have been rescued, the Fire Department reported. It is feared that the number of victims will increase even more because in the Thessaly area there are large towns in which thousands of people reside.
According to images from the European Sentinel-1 satellite analyzed by the National Observatory of Athens, it is estimated that Some 72,000 hectares in the center of the country were flooded.
The storm comes after a fateful summer, with several waves of torrid heat and dozens of fires that burned more than 150,000 hectares, about 1.2% of Hellenic territory, and left 25 dead.
(With information from AFP)
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