There have been heavy rains in the prefecture of Attica and the city of Athens in the first half of Sunday, as evidenced by the total precipitation up to 14:10, recorded by 85 weather stations of the network of automatic weather stations of the National Observatory of Athens/meteo.gr.
60 millimeters of rain fell in Elefsina, 55 millimeters in Haidari, 52 millimeters in Korydallos, 46 millimeters in Piraeus and 30 millimeters in Kallithea. One millimeter of rain corresponds to a volume of water equal to one liter per square meter, or one tonne per hectare.
According to the fire department, since the onset of bad weather on Sunday afternoon in Attica, its operations center received more than 35 calls related to pumping water and cutting down trees that had fallen in various areas, while in Haidari, lightning struck a palm tree, resulting in a fire that damaged the canopy and a parked car.
At noon on Sunday, message 112 was sent. inhabitants of the Dodecanese, Samos and Ikaria.
Rain, thunderstorms and hail on Monday
Source: Kathimerini
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