ATHENS, Greece: Greek government on Monday raised to 23 the dying toll from heavy flooding close to Athens this month, after yet another frame used to be found and an injured lady died in sanatorium.
The Fire Brigade said the man's frame used to be found buried in dust close to a bus station within the small the city of Mandra, west of Athens, that suffered the brunt of the Nov. 15 flash floods.
It used to be no longer immediately clear whether or not the victim used to be the person listed as lacking following the floods, which additionally broken about 1,000 structures.
The Health Ministry additionally said Monday that an elderly lady who had been hospitalized with critical accidents on account of the flooding, died over the weekend.
Officials have blamed the crisis _ one among Greece's deadliest floods in a long time _ on poor the city planning and inadequate flood prevention measures, as a lot of the afflicted area had been constructed on filled-in torrent beds.
Torrents of water descending from a nearby mountain became roads into racing rivers of dust and particles within the modest working-class district of Mandra and within reach Nea Peramos, flung vehicles into structures, swept away walls and inundated a significant freeway.
The Fire Brigade said the man's frame used to be found buried in dust close to a bus station within the small the city of Mandra, west of Athens, that suffered the brunt of the Nov. 15 flash floods.
It used to be no longer immediately clear whether or not the victim used to be the person listed as lacking following the floods, which additionally broken about 1,000 structures.
The Health Ministry additionally said Monday that an elderly lady who had been hospitalized with critical accidents on account of the flooding, died over the weekend.
Officials have blamed the crisis _ one among Greece's deadliest floods in a long time _ on poor the city planning and inadequate flood prevention measures, as a lot of the afflicted area had been constructed on filled-in torrent beds.
Torrents of water descending from a nearby mountain became roads into racing rivers of dust and particles within the modest working-class district of Mandra and within reach Nea Peramos, flung vehicles into structures, swept away walls and inundated a significant freeway.
Toll from Greek floods rises to 23
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