Greece Floods: Death toll rises to 10; number of missing “unknown”
Sep 8, 2023
Death toll from storm Daniel and the floods it caused in Greece rose to 10, Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Friday afternoon.
The dead are 3 men and seven women who lost their lives in Volos, Pilion in Magnisia as well as in Ellinopyrgo, Palamas, Astritsa and Marathea in the floods of central Greece.
Referring to rumors claiming high number of dead and missing, Kikilias spoke of “fake news” and said the number of missing were four, among them the newly wed Austrian couple missing since last Tuesday.
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Authorities issued an early warning for the city of Larisa in central Greece. River level Pinios is according to a Greek diary Kathymerini reached 9.5 meters, while it is usually around four meters. Firefighters evacuated several districts of the city before the river could flood.
Today, the Greek National Meteorological Service declared the end of storm Daniel, which brought record amounts of rainfall to Greece between Monday and Thursday, especially in the province of Thessaly in the central part of the country. In some places, more than 700 liters of rain fell per square meter in less than 24 hours, which is more than the area receives on average in a year.
Meteorological Service Meteo however, today it published a map showing the extent of the flooding. It shows that the situation is particularly dramatic in the municipality Cardica, which looks like a big lake. According to hydrologists, a total of approximately 72,000 hectares of land was flooded.
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