Attica after the storm: a bird’s eye view of flooded areas and a sea of ​​mud

Powerful thunderstorm frontwalked through Atticaleaving behind flooded areas, fallen trees and broken power lines, as well as heaps of dirt and stones on the roads.

The region has taken on large precipitation volumesand the situation, as of Thursday morning, remains quite difficult. According to photographs published meteo.gra particularly difficult situation has been recorded in the eastern part of Lekanopedionwhere entire areas found themselves literally drowned by water.

In photographs taken by an airplane passenger during landing at Eleftherios Venizelos airport around 08:00 amclearly visible flooded plains, overflowing rivers and streamsas well as massive sediment flows.

Stones, clay and earth washed from the land, reached the coastbecause of what the sea off the coast of Attica has changed coloracquiring a dull brown tint. The situation is especially noticeable in the area Kifissos Riverwhere the consequences of the spill are visible even from the air.

The picture, opening from above, emphasizes scale of disaster and the vulnerability of urban infrastructure to extreme weather events.

Attica after the storm: a bird’s eye view of flooded areas and a sea of ​​mud-colored trees with fallen trees pic.twitter.com/2l0zo7eTH8

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Last night, the fire service received numerous calls from different areas of Attica as firefighters received requests for assistance due to storm-related incidents.

In particular, the drivers of two cars were trapped in their vehicles and risked being swept away by the rushing water, and in the same area a woman climbed a tree to escape but was unable to get down.

The fire department responded immediately and safely evacuated the citizens in danger.

A similar scene was observed on Kostis Palamas Street: a local resident was filming a stream of debris and stones, while a garbage can suddenly passed in front of her house, and then a car with driving school signs with the driver inside.

PS After this downpour, to the sponsors privatization ΕΥΔΑΠ It will be difficult to explain to the population that too little waterand therefore there is an urgent need to privatize the water supply system. However, in a few months the people will forget everything and they can be fooled again. After all, such resources as supplying voids to the metropolitan metropolis are very, very “tasty” resource, which can generate millions in income.

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