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September 12, 2023

Greece Warns of Infectious Diseases After Cyclone Brings Unprecedented Flooding
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The catastrophic floods in Libya were triggered by Storm Daniel, a rare
hurricane-like cyclone in the Mediterranean known as a "medicane." It's
the same storm that brought unprecedented flooding to Greece, Turkey and
Bulgaria last week. In Greece, public health officials are warning
residents against using stagnant floodwater, amid fears over the spread
of disease while supplies of clean drinking water remain scarce. Nearly
a quarter of this year's crop production was lost to flooding in
Greece's central agriculture-producing region.


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