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| | Athens News Agency: Daily News Bulletin in English, 96-12-03 |
 | | Storms continued to devastate large areas of Xanthi prefecture yesterday, while a 58-year-old farmer was killed in Trikala, central Greece, bringing the total number of deaths from flood-related damage to four. |
 | | According to reports, extensive damages have been caused to residences, businesses, infrastructure and cultivated land in Xanthi prefecture, while storms have also affected the prefecture of Drama and the wider region of western Greece, where the Kalamas, Acherontas, Arahthos and Louros rivers overflowed. |
 | | In a related development, a government delegation headed by Environment Minister Costas Laliotis visited Xanthi yesterday and was scheduled to visit other areas affected, while the distribution of the emergency benefit of 200,000 drachmas for each family affected has already begun. |
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