Greece Storm: One Dead, Islands Turned Rivers

0:00On April 2nd, a brutal storm slammed Greece with gale-force winds and heavy floods over the last day, claiming one life and painting the sky over. Crete, a wild, deep red from swirling Saharan dust. On the mainland near Athens, a 55-year-old man got trapped under a car and drowned in surging waters in the town of Nia Makri. Fire crews jumped on 500 emergency calls, chopping down fallen trees, pumping out flooded homes, and pulling 33 people from the deluge. Power flickered out across Athens suburbs, snarling traffic with stalled cars in debris everywhere. Meanwhile, aegean islands like Perros turned into rivers, sweeping away vehicles and collapsing a small bridge, forcing schools to shut down as the messy weather drags on.