Death toll from Greece floods rises as more than 800 rescued

More than 800 people have been rescued from floods in Greece over the past two days, the fire department said (Thodoris Nikolaou/AP)

Firefighters recovered the body of a man from a stream in central Greece on Thursday, taking the country’s death toll from flooding to four after severe storms turned streets into raging torrents, hurled cars into the sea and washed away roads and bridges.

Authorities deployed divers and swift water rescue specialists as residents in some of the worst-hit areas took refuge on the roofs of their homes to escape floodwaters that rose to more than 6ft (2m).