Water reaches the houses after the Ticino river overflowed its banks, in Pavia, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Officially say at least seven people died as heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars, as well as parts of western Greece. Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers were still rising in Italy after the weekend flooding. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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ROME (AP) - The Latest on severe weather in Europe (all times local):
6:15 p.m.
Greek state television says another two people have died in storms lashing parts of the country, bringing the death toll to four.
ERT TV said late Monday that both deaths happened in the eastern Aegean Sea islands. On Rhodes, an elderly woman was found dead after her basement room flooded, and on Kos another woman drowned after going for a swim in the sea during bad weather.
In parts of western Greece, hundreds of homes were flooded after heavy overnight rainfall.
The bodies of two men believed to be tourists were recovered late Sunday and early Monday near the port of Antirio, 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of the capital, Athens, after their sailboat was caught in the severe weather.
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1:20 p.m.
Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens.
The bodies of the two men believed to be tourists were recovered late Sunday and early Monday near the port of Antirio, 250 kilometers (155 miles) west of Athens after a sailboat they were using was caught in the severe weather.
Torrential rain and mudslides caused the closure of the highway linking the Greek capital to the western port city of Patras.
The worst flooding occurred at the seaside resort of Kineta, where mudslides came from a nearby fire-damaged hillside. Several dozen people trapped in their cars and in flooded homes were rescued by the Fire Service, the agency said.
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12:05 p.m.
Officially say at least five people died as heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars.
Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers are still rising in Italy after the weekend flooding.
The administration for France's Var region said four people died, including a couple in their 70s from the perfume capital of Grasse whose car got submerged. Another died after a French rescue boat sank in the Mediterranean and another was found dead in a car.
In northern Italy, a woman was found dead after the Bomida river swept away her car. Rescuers are also searching for possible victims after a landslide caused the collapse of a stretch of an elevated highway near the flooded city of Savona.
Firefighters work in the area where a stretch of the Turin to Savona A6 highway collapsed Sunday following heavy rains, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. The collapse of the raised highway, just 15 months after a deadly bridge collapse in Genoa, has raised concerns anew about the safety of Italy's highways, a large part of which are viaducts traversing mountainous terrain. (Franco Bolzoni/ANSA via AP)
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Canoeists sail their way as water reaches the houses after the Ticino river overflowed its banks, in Pavia, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Officially say at least seven people died as heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars, as well as parts of western Greece. Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers were still rising in Italy after the weekend flooding. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Volunteers push a small dinghy boat as water reaches the houses after the Ticino river overflowed its banks, in Pavia, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Officially say at least seven people died as heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars, as well as parts of western Greece. Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers were still rising in Italy after the weekend flooding. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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People stand on a boat as water reaches the houses after the Ticino river overflowed its banks, in Pavia, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Officially say at least seven people died as heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars, as well as parts of western Greece. Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers were still rising in Italy after the weekend flooding. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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A man takes photos as water reaches the houses after the Ticino river overflowed its banks, in Pavia, Italy, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Officially say at least seven people died as heavy rain slammed the Riviera coasts of France and Italy, trapping travelers in their cars, as well as parts of western Greece. Some roads remained closed Monday on the French Riviera, and rivers were still rising in Italy after the weekend flooding. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
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Dimitris Kalogeras, 48 carries his belonging from his damaged house to his car after storms in Kineta village, about 68 kilometers (42 miles) west of Athens, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Dimitris Siskos, 77, stands inside his destroyed shop after storms in Kineta village, about 68 kilometers (42 miles) west of Athens, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Dimitris Kalogeras, 48, carries his belonging from his damaged house to his car after storms in Kineta village, about 68 kilometers (42 miles) west of Athens, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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A man walks past a car moved by the force of flood water after storms in Kineta village, about 68 Kilometers (42 miles) west of Athens, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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This photo taken Sunday Nov. 24, 2019, by VAR region firefighters, showing the flooded streets of Trans-en-Provence, southern France. Flooding pounded France and Italy amid heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at least three dead and a stretch of elevated highway collapsed by a landslide, officials said Sunday. The weather has trapped travellers, downed trees and unleashing mudslides in parts of both countries. (Pompiers du Var via AP)
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This picture made available Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 shows the collapsed stretch of the Turin to Savona A6 highway, which plunged into a wooded area of the Liguria region Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019 following heavy rains. Flooding pounded France and Italy amid heavy rains over the weekend, leaving at least three dead and a stretch of elevated highway collapsed by a landslide, officials said Sunday. (Vigili del Fuoco via AP)
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Kaiti Gonou local resident stands on her balcony after storms in Kineta village, about 68 kilometers (42 miles) west of Athens, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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People inspect a damaged road after storms in Kineta village, about 68 kilometers (42 miles) west of Athens, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Authorities in Greece say two people have died and hundreds of homes have been flooded following an overnight storm that affected areas west of Athens. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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