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Storm disrupts transport, schools in Athens

Storm disrupts transport, schools in Athens

by AFP Staff Writers
Athens (AFP) Dec 5, 2025

Schools in Athens were shut on Friday as a storm front lashed the Greek capital and other parts of the country, flooding roads and disrupting transport.

Fire department unionist Costas Tsigas said the hardest-hit zone, the western side of the greater Athens area, had received "tonnes" of rainwater that blocked roads with debris.

The storm forced the temporary closure of the motorway to the city of Corinth.

Army machinery was brought in to clear the roads, Tsigas told state TV ERT.

The strongest part of the storm hit on Thursday, when a Euroleague basketball fixture between Olympiacos Piraeus and Turkey's Fenerbahce had to be scrapped.

According to the meteo.gr website of the National Observatory of Athens, a total of 245 millimetres (nine-and-a-half inches) of rain was recorded between Thursday and Friday west of Athens.

"The phenomena are very intense, but so far, we haven't had any serious damage in Athens," Nikos Chrysogelos, deputy mayor for climate management of the Athens municipality, told Athens 9.84 radio.

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