Flash flood

Local authorities are trying to figure out the reason behind a flash flood in the southern Turkish province of Adana, an arid region which has not experienced rain recently. Click through for the story in photos...

Flash floods caused by heavy rains in the Black Sea province of Ordu claimed one person's life, according to officials.

Four people including a seven-year-old girl were killed on Wednesday after being swept away by a flash flood in a canyon on the French island of Corsica.

The dead included a father and his young daughter as well as their guide, local prosecutor Eric Bouillard said. One of those killed was yet to be identified.

A flash flood has struck a northern Athens suburb following a squall, three days after a deadly fire in the Greek capital. Click through for the story in photos...

The mayor of Mandra, the town in western Attica where 20 people died in flash floods last November, said on Wednesday that there has been no progress in flood-prevention work pledged by the government.

Turkey's northeastern provinces were hit by heavy rains this weekend, causing flash floods that submerged a number of vehicles.

Parliament Speaker Nikos Voutsis on Thursday approved a tranche of 1 million euros in aid to victims of the flash floods that struck western Attica in November.

Voutsis's approval came after a Parliament plenary session decided to grant the sum on November 17.

Authorities on Monday revised the death toll from the western Attica flash floods earlier this month to 23 after the reported death of an elderly woman who was being treated in a hospital for hypothermia and extensive leg injuries.

The death toll from the flash floods that struck Mandra earlier this month rose to 22 on Monday after firefighters helping clear mud and debris in the western Attica town discovered a body near a depot.

The body has been sent to Thriasio Hospital for identification.

A barefoot Costas Maroulis 62 stands in front of piled up vehicles in the town of Mandra western Athens, following deadly flash floods that hit the area hours before. A shoulder-high wall of floodwater smashed into Maroulis's home where his fought to save his elderly mother-in-law, keeping her head above his own until flooding finally subsided.