ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek rescue teams recovered the bodies of three more people in central Greece on Sunday, raising the death toll to 14 from the ...
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Three other people are still missing, according to authorities. Storm Daniel pummelled Greece for three days from Tuesday at the end of the hottest summer ever recorded, leaving a fresh trail of ruin after deadly wildfires. The bodies of an 88-year-old woman and two men, aged 58 and 65, were found near the city of Karditsa, one of the worst-hit areas. Flood-stricken residents were being airlifted or transferred in lifeboats.
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was expected to visit the main operation centre in Thessaly on Sunday evening and announce a series of relief measures for those affected by the storm.
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