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NATURAL DISASTERS - 1955 Floods in Greece

Oct. 17, 1955 - Athens, Greece - Policeman wades through water waist high to rescue a small child during the floods in Athens, Greece, in October 17, 1955. After hours of torrential rains, vast areas of Athens and Pireaus, Greece, were turned into huge lakes. More than 1, 500 homes were flooded and abandoned and several units of the Greek Army went to the assistance of the marooned people

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13174901
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46911850
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3300px x 4208px (1.1MB)
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Assistance Flooded Floods Marooned Pireaus Rains Torrential Vast Wades


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