Migrant drowns in swollen torrent as storms lash Greece โ€“ KVIA

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) โ€” A man drowned and a woman is missing after a group of migrants walking through the hills of northern Greece to avoid police crossed a swollen torrent amid storms, Greek authorities said. . Police said the Iranian man's body was found by rescuers and police responding to an emergency call on Wednesday. Efforts to locate the missing woman in the area, which is 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of the Greek city of Thessaloniki, continued on Thursday. Police said the migrants had entered Greece illegally from Turkey. It is believed that they were herded into the area by smugglers, who left them to make their own way to Thessaloniki.

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