The helicopter that fell on Thursday morning off the coast of northern Evia, which is currently in the grip of storm Elias, was a private flight with possibly two people on board, according to sources.
Greece is much better protected against a possible gas supply disruption than last winter.
The huge amounts of water that fell on Volos during storm Elias flooded the local hospital and caused two streams to overflow on Thursday, making this the second time the city is called upon to deal with the aftermath of torrential rain in just 20 days.
A helicopter crashed off the northern coast of the island of Evia, in central Greece, on Thursday. It is not known how many people were on board and whether they survived.
Crews were struggling to restore power and water supply to a large part of the city of Volos in central Greece on Thursday after torrential rain hit several parts of the country, just a few weeks after another mega-storm flooded the same region.
A total of 18 people in the city of Volos who were rescued by the Fire Brigade after being trapped in their homes during the storm late on Wednesday, spent the night in the ferry Super Star anchored in the port.
The Armed Forces were assisting the efforts to deal with the consequences of the latest storm that is pounding central Greece, Defence Minister Nikos Dendias said on Thursday.
A 48-year old foreign national with five outstanding arrest warrants on charges of human trafficking was arrested in Argolida, southern Greece, police said on Thursday.
Dr. Spyros Economides, an Associate Professor in International Relations and European Politics at the London School of Economics and Deputy Director of the Hellenic Observatory, joins Thanos Davelis to look into an ambitious economic corridor linking Europe with the Middle East and India via rail and sea.
The government plans to reform the outdated emergency response protocols following the extensive damage resulting from the flooding in the Thessaly region and the outbreak of Storm Elias, which affected many regions Wednesday, but hit central Greece hardest of all.