Storm Elias, the second powerful to hit Greece in a month, has devastated the central regions of the country. Torrential rainfall has flooded and devastated the city of Volos and other areas in Central Greece. Thousands of homes have been flooded, bridges have been damaged, and roads have been inundated. The storm has also affected the water and power supply in the region. Earlier in the first storm, named Daniel, up to a fifth of the country's cotton crop was destroyed and around 200,000 poultry animals were killed.
Updated: 30 Sep 2023 1:35 pm
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A man walks next to a damaged car after floods in the town of Agria near the city of Volos, Greece. A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes.
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A man stands next to a damaged pedestrian bridge during flooding in Volos, Greece.
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A piece of luggage floats along a flooded street in Sotirio village near the city of Volos, Greece.
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A flooded yard is seen in the town of Agria near the city of Volos, Greece.
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Georgia Sirtarioti, 76, stands at the doorstep of her flooded home in the storm-hit city of Volos, Greece, where power and water outages remained in some districts. Bad weather has eased in central Greece leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month.
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A woman shovels mud outside her house in the storm-hit city of Volos, Greece, where power and water outages remained in some districts.
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A woman stands in a street of the storm-hit city of Volos, Greece, where power and water outages remained in some districts.
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Apostolis Sirtariotis, 47, empties a bucket of water from his flooded home in the storm-hit city of Volos, Greece, where power and water outages remained in some districts.
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A woman takes a break from cleaning her flooded house in Sotirio village near the city of Volos, Greece.
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A fish is seen next to a flooded street in Sotirio village near the city of Volos, Greece.