A woman takes shelter from the rain at a bus stop in Athens, Greece, on Friday. Torrential rainfall in Greece’s capital Friday crippled traffic, inundated basements and streets, and was blamed for the death of a woman whose car was trapped in floodwater, authorities said.
The overnight storm swept across greater Athens, flooding hundreds of homes, causing blackouts in parts of the city and forcing authorities to close major roads and a central subway station in Athens.
“We have many, many problems — it’s hard to know where to begin describing it," Deputy Fire Chief Vassilis Papageorgiou said.