Greece has issued a red weather alert as severe storms approach the country, Greek media reported, putting emergency services on standby for heavy rain, flooding and dangerous seas.
The alert follows deadly flash flooding on Rhodes, where a 25-year-old man died after floodwaters swept his car into the sea, according to eKathimerini. The incident underlined how quickly intense rain can turn roads along the island's coast into hazards.
Red alerts are the highest level in Greece's weather-warning system and are typically accompanied by advice to avoid travel in affected areas, stay away from flood-prone roads and underpasses, and follow civil-protection instructions as conditions change.
The approaching storm system is the latest in a series of severe-weather episodes to hit the eastern Mediterranean this autumn, a pattern meteorologists link to warm sea temperatures fuelling intense, slow-moving rainfall.
OTMedia will update this story as Greek civil-protection authorities publish the alert's exact regions and timing.
