The apples were almost ripe for harvesting when the worst storms in more than a century struck Greece's breadbasket in Thessaly.
Now, farmers on the forested slopes of Mount Pilion, which overlooks the plain of Thessaly, say they face millions of euros in damage from the flooding that began earlier this month. They will be lucky to salvage a third of their crop — and that will only happen if wrecked road access to their orchards is patched up in time.
