Greek islands Rhodes and Lemnos declare state of emergency after deadly storm wreaks havoc  

ATHENS, Greece — 

Authorities connected the Greek islands Rhodes and Lemnos declared a authorities of exigency Monday aft storms battered the islands, leaving 2 dormant and wide damage.

Rescue teams, assisted by the subject and section authorities, rescued galore older residents successful flood-hit areas, aft beardown winds and torrential rainfall implicit the play flipped cars, caused powerfulness outages and damaged roads.

Two men were killed successful a flooded colony connected Lemnos, portion scores of radical were evacuated and taken to hotels successful the island's main port.

Vassilis Kikilias, the curate for clime situation and civilian protection, urged residents successful storm-hit areas to comply with evacuation orders that are announced utilizing cellphone propulsion alerts.

“It is simply a 1000 times amended to comply with perchance excessive warnings than to look tragedy,” the curate told backstage Skai television.

Kikilias has pointed to clime alteration arsenic the origin of worsening upwind conditions successful Greece successful caller years, including an unprecedented bid of heatwaves that intensify wildfires, a terrible drought this twelvemonth and monolithic floods successful cardinal Greece successful 2023.

Rail question connected the Greek mainland was disrupted Monday. Weather warnings remained successful effect for islands of the eastbound Aegean islands, arsenic good arsenic parts of cardinal and confederate mainland Greece.