Nea Peramos

The Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff General Konstantinos Floros participated in airborne exercises on Monday. The general parachuted from a Chinook CH-47D before landing at sea near the town of Nea Peramos according to a release by the Greek military.

The Greek police force (ELAS) has dispatched hundreds of officers and increased patrols in parts of western Attica that suffered widespread damage in flash floods last week amid reports of looting.

The Municipality of Piraeus has launched a donation drive to collect food and clothing for hundreds of people in western Attica who saw their homes and possessions destroyed by deadly flash floods on Wednesday.

 Motorists in western Greece are advised to exercise extreme caution, as a weather system that claimed at least 15 lives in Attica on Wednesday struck towns like Ioannina, Metsovo and Zitsa, Ekathimerini reported.

Greeks voiced despair and disbelief on Thursday after a flash flood killed at least 15 people and left hundreds homeless, with many blaming a system that allowed houses to be built on dried up river beds.

Firefighters on Thursday found an elderly man who had been reported missing by his daughter in the wake of deadly floods in western Attica the previous day.

The unnamed man was found in his home in the neighborhood of Aghios Georgios in Mandra and is reported to be alive and well. Rescuers earlier on Thursday saved another man who had become trapped in his car.

Six people have been reported missing from Wednesday's floods in western Attica, while the number of confirmed deaths rose to 16 on Thursday morning.

The majority of the casualties were residents the seaside towns of Mandra and Nea Peramos, which suffered serious flooding on Wednesday. A few were motorists who drowned in their cars or were swept into the sea.

Motorists in western Greece are advised to exercise extreme caution, as a weather system that claimed at least 15 lives in Attica on Wednesday struck towns like Ioannina, Metsovo and Zitsa.

The government's first order of business is to make sure any people missing from Wednesday's deadly floods are found and that there are no more victims from continuing storms, Dimitris Tzanakopoulos told state broadcaster ERT on Thursday morning.

Floods caused by heavy rain have killed at least 10 people and caused destruction in three towns near the Greek capital, Athens, officials say, quoted by BBC. 

The industrial towns of Mandra, Nea Peramos and Megara, 27km (17 miles) west of Athens, were the most affected.

Many of the dead were elderly people whose bodies were found inside their homes, reports say.