Greek floods: death toll rises to 11, with 7 missing as authorities rescue hundreds more
- A body of a 77-year-old man has been found on a beach in Pelion while an Austrian couple are among the missing
- The local fire service says more than 2,850 people have been rescued since the start of the floods
“More than 2,850 people have been rescued since the beginning of the bad weather,” the fire service said on Saturday.
“There are still many people in the villages around Karditsa, Palamas and toward Trikala. They are not missing, they are trapped,” the fire service added.
The body of a 77-year-old man, found on a beach in Pelion, in the centre of the country, brings the death toll from the flooding to 11, the fire service announced.
The man was living in the seaside village of Paltsi, in the mountainous Pelion peninsula. He had refused to leave his home, despite the entreaties of his wife, who evacuated. “I have been through storms,” he had told her.
Greek civil protection authorities said on Saturday evening that another seven people were officially listed as missing, including an Austrian couple visiting the area around Pelion in the Thessaly region of northeastern Greece.