Residents record flooding, destruction in Volos, Mount Pelion amid severe storm

Local residents and tourists in the city of Volos and Mount Pelion were posting photos and videos of the destruction caused by the severe thunderstorm sweeping central Greece since Monday night. 

One video filmed in the village of Agios Ioannis, in the eastern coast of Mount Pelio, showed a car being swept into the sea. 

BREAKING: Cars are now being washed into the sea in Agios Ioannis, Pelion. Flooding disaster ongoing in Thessaly, Greece. pic.twitter.com/uRr80Da0sB

— Nahel Belgherze (@WxNB_) September 5, 2023

Another showed the Krafsidonas stream in Volos, which is usually dry, overflowing its banks and flooding the surrounding streets. 

Υπερχείλισε ο χείμαρρος Κραυσίδωνας στον Βόλο. Η Αστυνομία απαγόρεψε την κυκλοφορία σε όλη την πόλη.
Φωτογραφία του Γρηγόρη Αντωνόπουλου. pic.twitter.com/yYG3UXN1Mw<...