Torrential rain and severe flooding have caused deaths and disappearances in Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria.
Flooding has caused the death of at least three people in Greece, two in northwestern Turkey, and three on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coastline.
More flooding could happen in Greece because they have already had a lot of rain.
A level 2 of 3 warning was given for severe storms in Greece on Wednesday. This means that there could be very heavy rain and even tornadoes in some areas.
The storm called Daniel caused a lot of rain in southeast Europe. This caused flooding in homes, businesses, and roads.
On Tuesday, the city of Volos, which is on the coast, got hit with a lot of rain. It rained about 10 times the usual amount in just 14 hours. The rain totaled approximately 375 mm.
The storm has killed at least three people in the country. An elderly man in his 80s was taken away by the flooding near the town of Karditsa in central Greece.
Greek Civil Protection Minister Vassilis Kikilias said today that four people are still missing in central Greece, which has been severely affected by the storm. Kikilias said the storm was like nothing we’ve ever seen before.
Kikilias said that Volos, a port city, is still facing lots of rain and the consequences of flooding on Tuesday. The flooding caused damage to buildings and cars and made roads and bridges collapse. The storm will keep going on Thursday, and the port of Volos is not working because many parts of the city do not have electricity.
On Wednesday, meteorologist Dimitris Ziakopoulos, who works for the Greek government’s civil protection department, said that the amount of rainfall in Greece is very high compared to what is usually seen in Greece and other parts of Europe. Greek meteorologists have said that the rainfall is more than what is typically seen in a whole year.
The floods in Pelion, near Volos, caused the roads to collapse. People living in a nursing home in the city had to move to a different place because a part of the building fell down because of heavy rain. This was reported by Greek public broadcaster ERT on Wednesday.
Many people who were stuck in the floods in Pelion were saved and brought to safety by the Greek fire service. Greece’s weather service observed that 600 to 800 millimeters of rain fell in the area near mount Pelion in central Greece in just one day.
The police have stopped traffic from flowing in the towns of Trikala, Farsala, and Karditsa in central Greece.
The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, said that the country was experiencing a very severe weather event. He advised the public to obey instructions given by the authorities.
At least two people have died in Turkey due to flooding in the Igneada Sisli Valley of the Kirklareli district. This information was provided by the Turkish Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency.
According to AFAD, six people were saved, but four people are still missing.
Heavy flooding has also hit the coastline of Bulgaria’s Black Sea. On Wednesday, it was reported by the national broadcaster BNT that three people died in the Tsarevo area in southern Bulgaria. One more person is currently not found in Tsarevo.
Flooding in the area has made the buildings and structures break and hurt the roads and bridges.
The heavy rain is caused by a very powerful weather system with low pressure. The middle of the storm has started to move very slowly to the west of Greece in the Mediterranean Sea. It is predicted to cause lots of rain in the area for the next day or two.
The storm seems to be turning into a special kind of cyclone called a “medicane” which is similar to a tropical cyclone. These systems can cause dangerous weather in the Mediterranean Sea and nearby countries, like tropical storms and hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean or typhoons in the Pacific Ocean.
The flooding is the last event of a summer in Europe that has had very bad weather, including hot weather, and dangerous and damaging wildfires. Scientists say that as the climate crisis caused by humans gets worse, these kinds of extreme weather events will happen more often and be more intense.