Monday, November 25, 2013

One Dead In Greece Floods by Bob Cummins

     On Friday, two hours of heavy rain came through a tour island near Rhodes, Greece and created flash floods.  There were roads damaged, power outages, and not to mention 140 calls to the fire department for help.  That day, there was a couple reported missing in a flooded area, and a0 40 year old woman found dead in a river bank.   The spokeswoman for the fire department stated, "parts of the island have been declared in a state of emergency."  On Saturday it was planned for a Super Puma helicopter and firefighters from Athens to report to Rhodes and help.

     I'm glad that Greece is supporting and helping Rhodes at this time.  Hopefully they will also be supportive of the dead woman's family and find the missing couple, preferably alive.  It doesn't sound like much damage was done to the city itself.  This sounds like it won't be very hard to get things back to normal quickly.
    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/greece/10469658/Greece-floods-leave-one-dead-on-tourist-island-of-Rhodes.html

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