The continuous rain in the southeastern U.S. states killed more than 200 people, injured many others, destroyed homes and entire regions, putting the states in a state of emergency. The tragic list includes many Greek-Americans.
Two Greek sisters were killed and the husband of the first was injured in Chattanooga. The three of them were inside a teaser trailer which was destroyed in Wednseday’s storm. Another expat fell from the roof of his house in Nashville and was transferred to the hospital with fractures.
Lauretta Belou, a 60-year-old Greek-American, who lived in Nashville, Tennessee, went to spend a few days with her sister and her husband in the mountains out of Chattanooga. The strong winds that accompanied the storm killed the two sisters which were also inside a teaser trailer. The husband of Mrs. Belou’s sister was transferred to a hospital of the region with wounds.
Vangelis Darsinos, a 74-year-old Nashville resident climbed on the roof of his house to repair it. While coming down, he fell down and suffered serious fractures.
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