Greece battered by tropical storms 

The Daniel weather system has left a trail of destruction in the country as thousands of people confronted unprecedented conditions struggling to save their lives, abandoning property and cars. The focal point of the destruction was in the port city of Volos on the Pagasetic Gulf, and surrounding regions.

One man died in Volos, and another was missing. Many villages in Pelion (Chorto, Milina, Kalamos, Tsagarada, Agios Ioannis, Argalasti) have suffered huge damage and remain blocked.

Rivers overflowed and turned into torrents, roads were sliced in half, bridges collapsed, while beaches were filled with cars that were washed away by the force of the water.

Meteorologists had warned of the heaviest rainfall ever in Greece. Zagora alone has had more than 500 millimeters of rain in one day, when the annual rainfall in Athens is about 400 millimeters. Even so, the...