One dead and one missing from the storm Daniel that hits Greece

One man has died and another is missing due to the storm “Daniel” that hits this tuesday Greece central and that it has flooded streets and several houses, confirmed to EFE a spokesman for the Fire Department.

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The phenomena more extremes are recorded in the region of Magnesia in the center of the country, where this morning a rancher lost his life when he was crushed by a wall that collapsed due to a landslide, ERT television reported.

Another 42-year-old man has been missing since it was seen how he was dragged in his car by a stream in the town of Ayios Georgios.

Firefighters and police have launched a search and rescue operation in the area to locate it.

In the capital of Magnesia, Volosthe heavy rains have turned the streets into rivers and the Police have prohibited circulation both in this city of 150,000 inhabitantsas in the mountainous areas of the region.

The storm “Daniel” has also caused problems in the corfu islandin the northwest of the country, where there were power cuts and problems with the operation of the airport.

In the sporades islandsa few kilometers east of Volosthe inhabitants speak of lightning and thunder every second of the night, while in the region of Élis, to the west of the peninsula of Peloponnesus (south), hail destroyed part of the olive harvest.

This storm comes after a fateful summer that lived Greecewith several waves of torrid heat and dozens of fires that burned more than 150,000 hectares, about 1.2% of the Hellenic territoryand left 25 dead.

Just yesterday, Monday, firefighters were able to contain a huge fire in the region of evrosin the northeast of the country, after 17 days fighting the flames.

According to him National Observatory of Athensthe heavy rains will persist this Tuesday and will continue until Thursday in the center and south of the country.

Source: Elcomercio

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