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ΚαρδίτσαKarditsa farmer the second casualty of Mediterranean hurricane ‘Ianos’ in Greece
Αυτοκίνητα σε πλημμυρισμένο δρόμο στην Καρδίτσα, το Σάββατο 19 Σεπτεμβρίου 2020. ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ/ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ/ΓΙΑΝΝΗΣ ΠΑΠΑΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΥ
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A farmer who went missing in Karditsa, central Greece when the Mediterranean hurricane (Medicane) “Ianos” struck Thessaly, was found dead on Saturday.
The man is the second casualty of the Medicane, which arrived in Greece on Thursday night and created havoc on the Ionian Islands before moving east. He was a farmer of Albanian origin, 63, who was being sought by his son since Friday. Firefighters and his son found his body in the area behind the Karditsa hospital.
The first victim of the hurricane was an older woman who was found dead in her home at the Vassili community near Farsala, where several people were rescued from homes and the local church.
Also missing are a woman, 40, from Mouzaki, another village near Karditsa, who was carried away in her car when she tried to drive across the flooded road near Pamissos River. A farmer from Magoulitsa, in the same metropolitan region, is missing as of Friday.
Meanwhile, three workers at the artificial lake/reservoir near Almiros, Volos who had been trapped by flood waters since Friday were rescued by the Fire Brigade. A total of 18 firefighters in flood gear, a special tracked vehicle and a rescue boat were involved in the operation.
Since Ianos hit landfall overnight on September 17 to 06.00 on Saturday morning, the Fire Brigade has received a total of 2,450 throughout Greece for help and pumping out of flood water. Most calls for help came from the southern Ionian Islands, western Greece (which, along with sections of NW Peloponnese, were under a state of emergency on Friday), Central Greece and Thessaly. Several operations are still active, while the total calls include 619 completed rescues.
The Civil Protection General Secretariat (Citizen Protection Ministry) has been issuing alerts at least since Thursday, while it remains on alert and coordinates operations.
Source: ANA – MPA
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