At least five dead after severe rainstorms trigger flooding across Europe

Floodwater covers a car and the yards of houses in Milina village, Pilion region, central Greece, on Tuesday (Thanasis Kalliaras/Eurokinissi/AP)

Fierce rainstorms have battered neighbouring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria, triggering flooding that caused at least five deaths, including those of two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent which raged through a campsite.

Turkish interior minister Ali Yerlikaya said four other people were missing after the flash flood swept over the campsite in the Kirklareli province, near the border with Bulgaria.