At least four people have died and more than six were still missing on Thursday after storm Daniel swept across central Greece, triggering landslides, destroying roads and bridges and carrying away dozens of cars.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis postponed an annual economic speech scheduled for this weekend and will instead visit areas hit since Monday by torrential rain that has flooded homes and destroyed key infrastructure, including power poles.
The mainland port city of Volos, the surrounding mountainous Pelion area and the cities of Karditsa and Trikala were among the worst-hit areas. A senior fire brigade official told Reuters that the body of a man was found in the town of Domokos. The bodies of two men and a woman were found on Wednesday across the region.Locals are evacuated on a boat by volunteers, as storm Daniel hits central Greece, in Farkadona, Greece, September 7. REUTERS/Kostas MantziarisGreek television showed houses submerged in flood water in the town of Palamas, near Karditsa, while some people stood on roofs waiting for help.
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