Greece flooding: 'Scared' British family told they cannot leave their hotel after 'biblical' rainfall

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Greece flooding: 'Scared' British family told they cannot leave their hotel after 'biblical' rainfall
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The family say that over the past 24 hours there had been constant rain as well as thunderstorms and lightning, with power cuts.

The man died near the port city of Volos on the Greek mainland when a wall fell on him, according to the fire service.Ms Taylor told Sky News all the roads on Skiathos had been shut, with police advising everyone through alerts to stay in their hotels.

She said it was a"scary situation", with all the flights at the airport being cancelled - with some 300 tourists reportedly stranded there. Speaking from the Skiathos Palace Koukanaries hotel, Ms Taylor said:"We've had flooding, the hotel's full of buckets of water leaking from the ceilings… and the bottom floor rooms have experienced flooding.""We can see down to the beach where numerous sunbeds are floating out to sea, they have been completely abandoned."

She also said she felt sorry for the local people whose homes and businesses had been"completely devastated".Greece: Cars swept away during floods"We've been to many places in the world and we've never experienced a storm like this," she said. "We have witnessed a hurricane in the Azores, we have witnessed storms before, this is out there with the most really dramatic, intense storm."

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