Greek emergency services are clearing debris and searching for people potentially still trapped by flood waters after flash floods sparked by a storm on the island of Evia left seven people dead and one missing over the weekend.
The dead include an elderly couple discovered in their flooded home on Sunday morning, and an eight-month-old baby found in a flooded ground-floor apartment.
Parts of Evia had 80% of the annual rainfall for the area in the space of a few hours overnight on Saturday, Greece’s meteorological service has said.
A river burst through its banks and flooded part of the village of Politika, forcing many residents to climb to the rooftops of their homes. Another river in the village of Bourtzi also burst its banks. Authorities estimated that 3,000 residences had been partially or totally damaged by floodwaters and police said many local roads are impassable.
The flood waters swept away cars and storage containers, tossing them into streets and against the walls of buildings. On Monday local authorities, emergency crews and residents were clearing debris and piles of mud from streets, homes and stores.
Heavy rain started falling at about midnight Saturday and firefighters responded to over 50 fires caused by lightning. By late afternoon on Sunday, 97 people had been safely evacuated from their homes and cars, 30 of them by helicopter, and more than 600 homes had been drained of flood waters, the fire service said.
source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/10/greek-rescue-workers-search-for-survivors-after-deadly-flash-floods
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