Widespread flooding in central Greece has left at least six people dead and six missing, with severe rainstorms turning streams into raging torrents, bursting dams, washing away roads and bridges, and hurling cars into the sea. Authorities deployed divers and swift water rescue specialists as residents in some villages took refuge on the roofs of their homes to escape floodwaters that rose to more than 2 meters, or 6 feet. Flooding also hit neighboring Bulgaria and Turkey, with rescue crews in Turkey recovering the body of a missing man on Thursday, bringing the total death toll in all three countries to 18 since Tuesday.
