Second person found dead after flash flooding in Crete

Body of a woman, who was in car with a man who also died, discovered off resort of Agia Pelagia on Greek island

Rescue workers have recovered the body of a woman who is the second person to die in flash floods caused by severe storms that swept across the Greek island of Crete.

With the aid of drones, the fire service's special disaster unit found the 49-year-old on Sunday in the Mediterranean off Agia Pelagia, a seaside resort north-west of Crete's capital, Heraklion. The victim, a mother of two, had been swept into the sea as she tried to get out of a car washed away by the floods.