At least 13 people killed in Greece flash floods

At least 13 people have died and more were missing after a strong overnight downpour flooded three towns in Greece, officials said.


The flooding struck the towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, a semi-rural area west of Athens where many factories and warehouses are based.

Television images showed tanker trucks, buses and lorries submerged in the muddy torrent going through entire neighbourhoods.

The dead included a handful of people who died inside or near their homes, a truck driver, a hunter, and two men who were carried by the raging water miles away to the sea.

More than a dozen people were rescued from an intercity bus, while others fled a Johnson & Johnson factory whose outer wall collapsed.
 [rte.ie]
 15/11/17