In September of 2023, Cyclone Daniel, an unprecedented intensity Mediterranean cyclone, poured months of rain in a few hours in Thessaly, the most fertile plain in Greece. The storm killed 17 people, destroyed roads and bridges, drowned tens of thousands of farm animals, and devastated vast areas. Following a significant period of destructive wildfires in the area, sweeping storms Daniel and Elias flattened the Thessalian plain.