Hurricane Erminio has claimed its first victim as a man was swept away and trapped under a car in Attica.
The storm has lashed the entire country with torrential rains and floods, turning the skies of Antalya and Crete an eerie red color.
Greek authorities issued red and orange weather warnings and emergency alerts across the country ahead of the Easter weekend.
Trees are falling and cars are being crushed across the country. Power The lines are breaking.
On the picturesque island of Poros, roads turned into rivers and cars floated in muddy torrents.
Dozens of people are stranded at Crete’s Nicos Kazantzakis Airport as flights have been canceled due to the choking dust, making it too dangerous to fly.
Dust storms from Africa have blocked out the sun and bathed the sky in eerie reds and oranges.
Storm Erminio has plunged the region into chaos and partial darkness as lights went out and a mix of snow and torrential rain blanketed the country.
The storm caused severe flooding in the southern Greek city of Nea Makri in Attica, where one person tragically lost his life.
The victim, who was originally from Poland, left his home on Megalo Alexandrou Street to escape his flooded basement.
In a tragic accident, a 54-year-old man lost his footing and was washed away in the swift water flowing in his street.
He traveled a distance of 49 feet before being trapped under the car and drowning.
The neighbor who found the man described the scene of his death as “chaos.”
“The water was coming heavily.”
“Suddenly I saw something under the wheel, I thought it was a dog.”
“We were in danger, we didn’t sleep all night (…) It was stuck under the wheel”, explained the resident.
A local resident said that “three vehicles were swept away by the rushing water” at the spot where the man died.
