2023-09-05 14:32:02
Greece’s nightmarish summer continues. Like the ten plagues of Egypt, the country suffered fire, first, with fires that ravaged the country. Then, torrential rains since Monday evening killed at least one person in Greece. “Thunderstorms and heavy rain fell on Tuesday, especially in Volos, capital of the department of Magnisia” where a man was found dead, government spokesman Yannis Artopios told public television Ert.
The victim was carried away by a torrent according to the first information while a shepherd in the village of Agios Georgios, in the same region, is missing, according to Yannis Artopios. The department of Magnisia and the islands near Sporades are on red alert, according to the Civil Protection services.
The severe weather will last until Thursday
Precipitation in Volos reached 200 mm and 516 mm in the nearby village of Zagora, located at the foot of Mount Pilion, according to the national meteorological service (EMY), which recommended that people in the region limit their movements. The basement of the Volos hospital was flooded and the firefighters “are pumping out the water”, according to Yannis Artopios.
Since Monday, the EMY has warned of serious bad weather which will affect the country until Thursday and “the authorities are on alert”, according to the government. On Monday evening, thunderstorms hit Euboea, an island near Athens where they caused landslides, as well as the department of Elis in Peloponnese where crops were damaged, according to local media.
On the front of the huge fire in the Dadia forest in Evros, which has been burning since August 19, Yannis Artopios indicated that “the fire is under control and no focus is active”. “Firefighters remain on site to monitor the situation,” he said. Like many countries around the Mediterranean, Greece is plagued every summer by devastating fires which this year killed at least 26 people and ravaged at least 150,000 hectares.
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