A man and a woman make their way through flood waters in Volos, Magnesia. Credit: Hatzipolitis Nicolaos/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
British tourists on a Greek island have been ordered to stay in their hotels after one of the worst storms in recent memory turned the streets into treacherous mudslides.
It is believed that among the tourists on the island there are hundreds of Britons. Skiathos, who have checked into their hotels after the Greek authorities forbade them to go out while a severe storm rages across the country.
Izzy Miller, who came with her family to celebrate her sister's birthday, said that she «never saw a storm like this.»
«It started two days ago and hasn't stopped since,» she said, describing the scene outside her window as a «really scary» mix of storm wind, rain and lightning .
Videos posted on social media on Tuesday showed torrents of water rushing through the central streets of the island's idyllic main town.
Ms Miller said she and her family booked the apartment without dinner and depended on the hotel provide them with food from their own stocks.
Torrential rain also caused havoc in mainland Greece. Photo: Anastasia Karekla/Eurokinissi via REUTERS
Her flight was scheduled to take off on Wednesday, but due to the harsh weather forecast, she did not receive any information from the airline until the end of the week. about whether she could get out.
«We're just lucky that no one else can get to the island, otherwise we would have to leave the hotel,» she said.
Skiathos, the westernmost of the Sporades, known for its pristine white pebble beaches and was used as the backdrop for some of the songs in the musical Mamma Mia.
Darren Blacoe said he's been vacationing on the island every summer since 2006 and has never experienced such a violent storm.
«A river of mud»
«The street outside our house is just a river of mud. The pool is also overflowing and turned brown dirt,” he said.
He added that the Greek hosts “behaved great” and did everything they could to help.
He said that everything in his hotel there is still electricity, but many resorts farther away have been left in the dark.
«The bar is still open and there is still alcohol,» he said, explaining that guests had gathered at the bar to cheer themselves up. «We can't use the pool anyway.»
Another vacationer told The Telegraph he couldn't access clean water in his hotel for a three-month-old baby's milk powder.
«We only have enough baby milk until Thursday, so hopefully we'll be gone by then,» he said.
< p>He added that information about extreme weather was confusing to him as the airline advised him to do so. drove to the airport as planned, but Greek officials warn that the roads are closed.
One person died as a result of the hurricane.
At least one person died as a result of the hurricane.
Local The fire department in the mainland city of Volos said a shepherd died after a wall collapsed on him while trying to save his animals.
Another man went missing after his car was dragged away by flood waters.
Forecasters are predicting up to 700mm of rain on Wednesday in the Pelion area, directly across from Skiathos on the Greek mainland.
The storm comes in late summer. deadly heatwave in Greece.
In August, wildfires devastated regions of the country, killing dozens of people.
The last catastrophic storm to hit the Mediterranean country occurred in 2017, when torrential floods claimed lives of 25 people and left hundreds of people homeless.
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