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TEHRAN, Jan 6 - Three people have died in Greece as stormy weather and freezing temperatures gripped most of the country, officials said Sunday.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - The bodies of two elderly men were found Sunday, two days after their car was swept away by flood waters near Athens, the fire department said.
A day earlier, rescue crews had found a 66-year-old woman dead inside the same car in the rural area of Keratea.
Greece is battling a prolonged cold snap that has seen temperatures fall to below -18 Celsius (-0.4 Fahrenheit) in some areas and covered parts of the country in snow.
The rescue services have received dozens of calls-outs to help people trapped in their cars or homes by heavy snowfall.
On Saturday, firefighters rescued a pair of French hikers stranded in a forest on the island of Lesbos.
The poor weather has also disrupted travel, forcing highway closures and coastal ferry and intercity train cancellations.
On Friday, a Ryanair flight bound for Thessaloniki was rerouted to Timisoara, Romania, because of poor visibility.
Source: AFP
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