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Two children among six dead and over 100 injured as wild storms sweep Greece

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Two children among six dead and over 100 injured as wild storms sweep Greece

Ferocious storms ripped through a tourist region in Greece last night, killing six holidaymakers including a toddler and an eight-year-old boy, The Sun reported.

At least 100 others were reportedly injured after gale-force winds, rain and freak hail storms struck the Halkidiki peninsula in northern Greece.

Dramatic footage shows strong winds sweeping through a restaurant in the region, which is popular with tourists in the summer.

British holidaymakers were trapped in their hotels, buildings were damaged and cars were overturned in the carnage.

A 39-year-old man and a boy, aged two, who are believed to be from Russia, died after a tree fell on their vehicle, according to the Greek Reporter.

Two elderly Czech nationals were killed when strong winds swept away their travel trailer in Halkidiki, police said.

A woman and an eight-year-old boy, both from Romania, were killed after a roof collapsed on a restaurant in Nea Plagia.

Patients taken to the clinic ranged in age from eight months to more than 70-years-old.

Some suffered head...

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