Storm kills man on Rhodes as floods hit Greece for second day
A 62-year-old hotel worker died after his car was swept into the sea on Rhodes as storms flooded Athens, Evia and central Greece for a second day.
A storm system tore through Greece for a second consecutive day on 14 October, and on the island of Rhodes it proved fatal. A 62-year-old man who worked at a hotel died after floodwater swept his car into the sea near the village of Archangelos, local media reported. Elsewhere in the country, the same storm flooded streets, brought down trees and forced evacuation orders.
The fatal incident happened at Stegna, on the island's eastern shoreline, according to Kathimerini English. Several other cars were also carried into the water nearby, prompting firefighters and coast guard personnel to search along the coast for anyone else who might be in danger. Rhodes's local authorities responded by placing the island under a state of emergency, and every school on Rhodes will remain shut on Thursday while officials assess how badly buildings and roads have been damaged.
Rescue crews on the island were kept busy throughout the day: they logged 113 calls for assistance, mounted 13 operations to reach people cut off by the water, and pumped water away from flooded sites on 64 occasions. Local officials asked people on Rhodes to stay home unless their journey could not wait.
The mainland did not escape the weather either. Around the Greek capital, fire crews fielded almost 60 calls for help, drained water from low-lying streets and sawed up about 40 trees that the wind had brought down. Crews working further north, in central Greece, dealt with 18 more fallen trees and pumped standing water away on three occasions.
In Evia, authorities used the national 112 alert system to order residents of one settlement to leave after a nearby river burst its banks, Proto Thema reported. Other parts of Evia were put under flood warnings too, with some people told to evacuate and others simply told to stay off the roads unless necessary. By Wednesday evening, forecasters said the weather was calming across most of Greece, though they still expected rain and thunderstorms over the east and south of the country, with winds reaching force 8 to 9 on the Beaufort scale forecast to continue over the Aegean Sea overnight.
What we know
- A 62-year-old hotel worker died on Rhodes on 14 October after his car was swept into the sea at Stegna, near Archangelos, local media reported.
- Rhodes was placed under a state of emergency; emergency services made 113 call-outs, 13 rescue operations and 64 water-pumping operations, authorities said.
- All schools on Rhodes will stay closed on Thursday for damage inspections.
- Greece's 112 alert system was used to order an evacuation in Evia after a river overflowed, and further flood warnings were issued there.
- Firefighters in the Athens region took nearly 60 calls and removed about 40 fallen trees; crews in central Greece felled 18 trees.
Why it matters for Europe
Wednesday's storm struck several parts of Greece within hours of each other: a tourist island, the densely populated capital region, and rural areas further north. The state of emergency on Rhodes and the evacuation order in Evia show how the same weather system produced very different responses depending on the terrain and the population it hit. Winds of force 8 to 9 forecast over the Aegean overnight could also disrupt ferry services to islands such as Rhodes in the coming hours.
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- Proto Thema: Νέο έκτακτο δελτίο καιρού για καταιγίδες σε 5 περιοχές: 112 για εκκένωση οικισμού λόγω υπερχείλισης ποταμού στην Εύβοια, πλημμύρες και στη Ρόδο
- Kathimerini English: Storm kills man on Rhodes, floods parts of Greece for second day
- Gazet van Antwerpen: Bestuurder van in zee gesleurde auto op Griekse eiland Rhodos omgekomen na stormweer
- Stern: Ein Toter nach heftigen Unwettern auf griechischer Insel Rhodos
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Questions and answers
- How did the man on Rhodes die?
- His car was swept into the sea at Stegna, near the village of Archangelos, during flooding caused by the storm, local media reported.
- Which parts of Greece were affected?
- Rhodes, the Athens region, parts of Evia and central Greece all saw flooding, fallen trees or evacuation orders, authorities said.
- Is the storm over?
- Weather was easing in most of the country by Wednesday evening, officials said, but rain and thunderstorms were forecast to continue in eastern and southern regions.
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