Storms have also hit neighbouring Bulgaria and Turkey, leaving 15 people dead in the three countries.
Firefighters recovered the body of a man from a stream in central Greece on Thursday, taking the country’s death toll from flooding to four after severe storms turned streets into raging torrents, hurled cars into the sea and washed away roads and bridges.
Flooding triggered by severe storms also hit neighbouring Bulgaria and Turkey, leaving a total of 15 people dead in the three countries. He noted that some areas have received more than twice the average annual rainfall of Athens in the space of 12 hours. Fire department spokesman Vasilis Vathrakogiannis said swift water rescue specialists and divers from the department’s disaster response units, as well as the army, are taking part in rescue efforts and trying to reach remote areas despite roads having been washed away.
Tracked vehicles and boats were being used to help evacuate people, but the boats were unable to reach some areas due to the large volume of debris and the strength of the torrents of floodwater.Floodwaters and mud cover the land after a record rainstorm in the village of Nea Lefki in Thessaly region of central Greece
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