A coach in northern Greece was "swallowed' by a sinkhole on Friday (October 15) as Storm Ballos hit parts of southeast Europe for a second day.

Video shows a coach being lifted out of the 5-metre deep sinkhole in the centre of Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, with heavy-duty lifting equipment.

In the video, coach driver Giannis describes on camera (in the video from 2mins 35) what happened: "As soon as I realized the cracks in the road and the sinkhole emerging, I used the brakes and tried to go backwards but that was when the bus fell inside the hole."

Authorities said all 15 people on the coach were unharmed, according to local reports.

Meanwhile in the capital, Athens, hundreds were flooded and major roads remained closed as the storm crossed the country, heading east.

According to reports, at least two people have died as a result of the storm.

Road receded and "swallowed" bus into huge hole five meters deep in Thessaloniki city, as severe storm system "Ballos" hits Greece. A bus transporting oil refinery workers fell into a sinkhole in the center of Greece’s second-largest city Friday as storms continued to batter the country. Authorities said all 15 people on the bus in Thessaloniki were unharmed.

Mr. Giannis the bus driver describes on camera the moment (timestamp 02:35) " As soon as I realized the road cracks and the sinkhole emerges, I used the brakes and tried to went backwards but that was when the bus fell inside the hole"

Hundreds of homes in Athens, Greece’s capital, were flooded, and major roads remained closed as the storm crossed the country, heading east. Flooding killed one person on the Greek island of Evia, where the severe weather compounded the damage from a massive August wildfire. Rescue crews located the man’s body Friday.



The weather front named Ballos slammed into Athens on Thursday, causing power outages in several parts of the capital and flooding streets. Torrential rain forced the Greek authorities sent out an emergency alert message warning citizens not to venture outdoors unless absolutely necessary.

Greece’s fire service announced on Friday that one person had been killed on the island of Evia after he was carried away by the rushing water during the storm that has affected Greece for a second consecutive day.The 70-year-old man had been missing since Thursday. According to a press release, the man was found unconscious in a riverbed in the area of Tsakaioi in southern Evia. The man had called the emergency services on Thursday to say that he was in a pasture in the municipality of Karystos surrounded by water from an overflowing torrent.