Evacuation orders for areas in central Greece as a river bursts its banks and floodwaters rise

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Severe rainstorms eased but floodwaters were still rising in parts of central Greece Friday, while fire department and military helicopters were plucking people from villages inundated by tons of water and mud.

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00:00 The death toll from Storm Daniel in central Greece has risen to at least six after extreme

00:06 rainfall sparked devastating flooding in large parts of the country. Many people refused

00:11 to leave their homes and thousands were left stranded. Rescue operations grind on and almost

00:16 2,000 people have already been saved.

00:19 "Today, the people who had to leave in the afternoon, didn't leave. I didn't expect

00:24 it to rain so much. People were trapped and we shouldn't be fighting this battle, because

00:30 people would have left in the afternoon and we wouldn't have had such issues. But we

00:34 will make an effort to get people out of their homes."

00:38 Many people remain unaccounted for and the exact number of missing is yet to be determined.

00:44 Recovery teams are still wading through the mud and assessing the damages.

00:48 In the region of Thessalis alone, Governor Kostas Agourastas says he is predicting damages

00:54 of around 2 billion euros.

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