{"id":372540,"date":"2026-04-03T06:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/372540\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:47:23","slug":"man-dies-in-storm-near-athens-as-saharan-dust-shrouds-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/372540\/","title":{"rendered":"Man dies in storm near Athens as Saharan dust shrouds Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local media reports the man who died in Nea Makri, north-east of the Greek capital, Athens, is believed to have been swept away by a torrent as he tried to cross a flooded street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The man, in his 50s, was later found trapped under a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The basement of the local police station in Nea Makri was also flooded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A bridge was knocked down on the island of Poros and vehicles have reportedly been swept away. Some schools have also been closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Greek fire department received 674 calls for assistance from Wednesday through to the early hours of Thursday morning. The majority were in the Attica region that encompasses Athens, with most calls concerning fallen trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">High winds have kept ferries moored in ports, with Greek media reporting some departures may resume on Thursday, weather permitting. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Meanwhile, a red weather warning &#8211; meaning widespread damage and risk to life are likely &#8211; is now in place in Crete, mainly in the west and south, from midday until late on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Local residents and tourists on the island have been seen wearing face masks to prevent inhaling the dust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Local media reports the man who died in Nea Makri, north-east of the Greek capital, Athens, is believed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372541,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[85,46,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-372540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-science","11":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}