Roadways in the greater Athens-Piraeus agglomeration awash with continuing rainfall on Friday afternoon but mostly without the usual traffic congestion, as many motorists took note of the inclement weather and stayed off the streets. Earlier, schools were closed throughout the country, also reducing the traffic load dramatically in the morning and early afternoon.

The precipitation – usually welcome due to fears of a water shortage come summer – was expected to last until the evening, at least in southern Greece.
In Attica prefecture, which hosts the Greek capital and roughly half the country’s population, witnessed record amounts of rainfall, which in some locations exceeded 200 millimeters over the past few days. Flash flooding was reported in both urban areas and in spots that flood with higher precipitation, such as the eastern Attica township of Mandra.
Twenty-three people died in the Mandra area during a flash flood in November 2017.

The Meteo platform measured the rainfall as the highest since 2008 on a daily basis, and since a weather station at the Athens Observatory was inaugurated, specifically 77mm. The previous record since such measurements have been chronicled at the specific station was 53.8mm in 2012.
Beyond the greater Athens area, nine regions were place in a “red code”, with the worst-hit arears being in central Greece, especially in the Thessaly plain.

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