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A second death was registered on Saturday morning due to severe bad weather from Thessaly.
After the woman was taken from a house in Farsala, the farmer who was missing in Karditsa was also found dead.
This is a 63-year-old man of Albanian origin whose son has been looking for since yesterday because he had disappeared due to bad weather. The 63-year-old man was found dead by Fire Brigade crews and his son in the area behind Karditsa hospital.
At the same time, another woman is still missing in the Karditsa Regional Unit. It is about a 40-year-old woman from Mouzaki who was swept away by the torrent of the Pamisos River when she tried to cross the flooded road with her car.
The city of Karditsa, according to the Athenian Agency, the regional deputy governor Konstantinos Nousios, received huge amounts of water with the result that roads and houses were flooded with the water level that reached up to one meter.
In addition, in the “Mavrika” settlement, as well as in other villages in the Karditsa municipality, rescue efforts were carried out throughout the night. There are major power outages, while other areas of the municipality are threatened by the movement of large amounts of water.
Earlier, The adventure had a happy ending for the men who had been trapped in the Xiria waters in Almyros de Volos since Friday afternoon, when they tried to leave the Xirias reservoir construction site, as the area was flooded by heavy rain.
The release of the three people who worked on the construction site of the reservoir was achieved after more than 10 hours of efforts by EMAK forces, Firefighters and rescue teams.
619 release operations
Due to the dangerous meteorological phenomena that are occurring in many areas of Greece, since the night of September 17, 2020, the Fire Service has received 2450 calls for assistance and water pumps, mainly: in the south of the Ionian, in western Greece, in Sterea Greece and Thessaly and several of them are in progress, while 619 deliveries have been made so far.
In particular, according to the announcement by the authorities:
• In southern Ionian (Kefalonia, Ithaca, Zakynthos and Lefkada) the Fire Services have received 750 calls and so far 93 rescues, 308 bombs, 198 fellings of trees and 35 removal of objects have been carried out.
• In Western Greece (Achaia, Ilia, Etoloakarnania), the Fire Services have received 63 calls and so far 24 bombings and 39 logging have been carried out.
• In Central Greece (Lamia, Loutra Ypatis, Leianokladi, Makrakomi and Mexiates) the Fire Services have received 230 calls and so far there have been 76 rescues, 91 bombs and 2 felling of trees.
• In Thessaly (Magnesia, Farsala, Karditsa, Mouzaki, Rouso and Sofades) the Firefighters have received 630 calls and so far 450 rescues, 120 bombs and 40 felling of trees have been carried out.
Likewise, the rescue operation of three people was completed in the Almyros Volos area, where they were trapped in a torrent. To cope with the incident, 18 firefighters tried with special rapid rescue equipment, 1 special tracked vehicle and 1 rescue boat and
According to a relevant announcement, the Fire Department, in cooperation with all disaster management agencies, remains on high alert to deal with the dangers of floods, as well as the phenomena that accompany them. In direct cooperation with the General Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Ministry of Civil Protection, all the competent state services involved, as well as the Regions and Municipalities of the country, have been informed about the measures taken within their competence.
At the same time, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection advises citizens to take special care, taking care to take measures to protect themselves from the dangers derived from the occurrence of severe meteorological phenomena.
The authorities ask citizens to be especially careful and, in case of emergencies, follow the instructions of the competent authorities.
