All the water on Earth fell on Greece! Athens is in great danger! People save themselves!

In Athens, flooding temporarily closed Piraeus Street in both directions before police ordered it to reopen. Brief but intense thunderstorms overnight Monday into the early hours of Tuesday flooded major streets in and around Athens and uprooted trees in northern Greece. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but in northern Greece and nearby villages, flooding in the basements of houses led to additional firefighters from the regions being called in to help. As of Monday night, that included a total of 50 firefighters with 20 trucks. Forty-five homes, basements, and commercial spaces were pumped out after more than three inches of rain fell in nearly an hour. There were reports of flooded agricultural fields, irrigation canals and overflowing drainage channels. Further south, several mountain villages were without electricity, firefighters were pumping water out of flooded basements. Thunderstorms and hail were reported in Thessaloniki. Despite the short-lived storm, roads in east
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