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    One dead in flash floods on the Greek island of Limnos

    ATHENS (Reuters) - A man died in flash floods which hit the Greek island of Limnos in the northern Aegean on Saturday as rains pound the country.

    A Fire Brigade official said the body of a 57-year old livestock farmer recovered near his car.

    "He was trying to get his car out of the mud and was swept away by a torrent in Kontias region," the official told Reuters.

    The fire brigade has received tens of calls to pump water out of flooded buildings on the island, said a second fire brigade official.

    Greece's civil protection service has warned citizens of heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and gale-force winds in Central and Northern Greece during the weekend.

    (Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Toby Chopra)

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