Greece deploys boats and helicopters to rescue hundreds from floods after huge storm


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Open this photo in gallery: A man is carried away as people are evacuated from a flooded village in the aftermath of Storm Daniel in Megala Kalyvia, central Greece, on Sept. 8.ALEXANDROS AVRAMIDIS/Reuters Helicopters winched people from rooftops and military personnel used rubber boats to rescue families from flood waters up to 3 metres deep in central Greece on Friday after a devastating rainstorm killed at least 10 people. Storm Daniel, which meteorologists said was the worst to hit the country since records began in 1930, pummelled Greece for three days, leaving a trail of ruin after a record summer...