A huge hail storm has killed six people and injured dozens in Greece

At least six foreign tourists died and about 30 people were injured as a result of a violent tornado, accompanied by hail storms, which devastated the region of Chalkidiki, north of Greece. Authorities have declared the state of emergency.

The new Minister of Citizen Protection, Mijalis Jrisojoidis, reported that among the dead two children and that they were all tourists: two Russian, two Czech and two Romanian.

Russian tourists, a 39-year-old man and his two-year-old son, were struck by the fall of a tree in the city of Nea Potidea.

Two Romanians, a 54-year-old woman and an eight-year-old boy, died to death. the roof of a bar has collapsed in Nea Plagia, where several people were injured.

The storm also caused the death of a Czech couple when a wind blew overturned the caravan the one they were on, on a beach. In the vehicle were also the couple's son and grandson, who managed to save themselves.

In addition, the authorities They are looking for a fisherman 62 years old who has been missing.

This Thursday, the landscape is dark in this tourist region of the north of the country, where the state of emergency has been declared. You could see many cars overturned, streets cut by fallen trees.

"He was an unpublished factCharalambos Steriadis, head of civil protection in northern Greece, explained Charalambos Steriadis. "Calcídica has been declared in a state of emergency," said Steriadis.

The tornado it lasted about 20 minutes, according to witnesses interviewed by Greek public television ERT and it happened when in the country they registered temperatures up to 37 ºC in the last two days.

"It's the first time in 25 years of profession that I'm experiencing something similar," said Athansios Kaltsas, director of the Nea Mudaniá Medical Center, on state television, where many injured

"I want to express my grief on behalf of all, we deplore the loss of these souls," said Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis, who oversees operations.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, elected in Sunday's parliamentary elections, on Thursday canceled his program to manage the disaster.