REUTERS/Kostas Mantziaris Acquire Licensing RightsATHENS, Sept 6 (Reuters) - At least two people died and three were missing on Wednesday after torrential rain flooded homes and businesses and destroyed infrastructure in central Greece, the fire brigade said.
A Reuters witness said that the river near the nursing home had swallowed the road and flooded a train station in Volos, disrupting train traffic.
Greece has said the weather was the most extreme in terms of the amount of rainfall since records have been kept in the country.
Police on Wednesday issued traffic warnings for the cities of Trikala and Karditsa as the rainstorm was expected to intensify again later on Wednesday.
In northwest Turkey, at least five people were killed after heavy rains triggered flash floods, Turkish state broadcaster TRT Haber said on Wednesday.
Persons:
Daniel, Kostas Mantziaris, Storm Daniel, Haber, Lefteris Papadimas, Angeliki Koutantou, William Maclean
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Locations:
Nea Lefki, Larissa, Greece, Volos, Trikala, Karditsa, Turkey