Greece: Missing man found dead after deadly storm

The body of a man missing after a storm sparked flash floods on the Greek island of Evia over the weekend has been recovered, Greece's coast guard said Monday, bringing the death toll from the storm to eight.

Rescue crews had been searching for the 72-year-old since Sunday, after he was reported missing following flooding that swept away cars and sent residents of some villages scrambling to their roofs to await rescue.

The coast guard said the man's body was recovered from the sea off the coast of mainland Greece opposite Evia just after midday Monday.

The dead from the storm and flash floods include an elderly couple found in their flooded home Sunday morning, and an 8-month-old baby found in a flooded ground-floor apartment.

Parts of Evia saw rainfall that reached 80% of the annual rainfall for the area in the space of a few hours overnight Saturday...

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