ATHENS: Six foreigners, including two children, were killed and more than 100 other people injured when a violent, short-lived storm lashed northern Greece overnight on Wednesday, felling trees and ripping off rooftops.
Witnesses reported the storm had come and gone in a matter of minutes. Winds of over 100 kph were reported on the Halkidiki peninsula, popular with tourists in the summer.
Two elderly Czech tourists were killed when strong winds and water overturned their travel trailer, police said on Thursday.
A woman and an eight-year-old boy from Romania were killed when a roof collapsed on a restaurant in the beach resort of Nea Plagia. And a man and a young boy, both Russians, died when a tree fell near their hotel in the seaside town of Potidea, authorities said.
Published in Dawn, July 12th, 2019
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