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The wave of bad weather that Greece faced this weekend has left behind one victim, one seriously injured and extensive damage to agricultural land due to floods.
In Pieria, Scotland, near Katerina, a 55-year-old woman lost her life when her car crashed into the raging waters of an area river.
A 41-year-old man is also in serious condition for life in the hospital of Janina after he was injured during a landslide in a village in the Sul area.
Meanwhile over 6000 hectares of agricultural land have been flooded by the waters of the river Pineio in the area near Trikala in central Greece as well as in many villages near Lamia by the waters of the river Sperqio and some of the inhabitants have abandoned their homes with the help of boats.
In addition to severe flooding and serious infrastructure damage in the western and northern parts of the country bad weather brought records of rain and snow.
According to the National Meteorological Service, the annual amount of rainfall in mainland Greece after the weekend rains reached 3425 mm, the highest ever recorded in the last 15 years, bringing large inflows of water to the mountains of Pindos and the Vjosa River.
Also for the first time after 17 years, more than 19% of the surface of Greece was covered with snow in the first days of December, mainly in Western Greece, when on average since 2004 the snow covered only 4% of the mountainous areas of the country during the week. that first of this month.
In the coming hours the wave of bad weather is heading towards the eastern areas of Greece.
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