At least seven people have died after heavy rains caused major flooding in central Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Greek firefighters said a man was killed near the central city of Volos, which was particularly affected by the rains.
The nearby mountain village of Pelion and the resort island of Skiathos were also badly affected.
Government spokesman Yannis Artopios told Greek public radio ERT that the basement of the Volos hospital was flooded. Firefighters were “pumping out the water”, he said on September 5.
Damage from the storm has yet to be fully assessed.
“The amount of rain that fell in 24 hours is the same as usual for the whole fall,” said meteorologist Panagiotis Giannopoulos. ERT.
