A 43-year-old mother of two children was found dead on Saturday morning in the area of Freattyda in Piraeus, after her car was swept away in a flash flood on Thursday in Kamatero, a suburb northwest of Athens, Greece.
The woman is said to have been on her way to pick up her children from school on Thursday, however she never returned home. Her husband immediately reported her missing to the authorities.
The car of the 43-year-old woman was found by Greek authorities on Saturday.
According to her brother, the woman had managed to get out of her car, but she failed to protect herself from the rough waters and she was swept away in the flash flood.
On Thursday evening a 41-year-old man lost his life in Acharnes, northern Athens, after he became trapped in his car in rising flood water. Passers-by were able to remove the man and his 71-year-old mother from the vehicle but he was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
