Three weeks after the deadly passage of Storm Daniel over Greece, the town of Volos, in the center of the country, suffered torrential rains in the last 24 hours that caused the evacuation of 250 residents and caused hundreds of deaths. firefighters said Thursday.
The rainfall caused by Storm Elias was so sudden and intense that within hours water levels rose dangerously in the city and its suburbs.
Evacuated towns
According The city’s mayor, Achilleas Beos, 80% of Volos was plunged into darkness on Wednesday afternoon due to power outages caused by flooding.
The storm headed toward the island of Evia on Thursday morning, where some towns had to be evacuated. Sixteen people died in early September in Greece during the passage of Storm Daniel, of unprecedented intensity, which subsequently caused hundreds of deaths in Libya.
Source: BFM TV
