The total chaos broke out in Athens early Wednesday evening, due to a barometric low sweeping through the Greek capital with a severe rainstorm. It has been raining all day, however, the storm hit in the afternoon, paralyzing life in the 4-million-resident city.
LAST MINUTE INFO: there are reports that a woman was killed in Ano Glyfada whenshe came under a car that was swept away from the rushing waters.
⛔Αυτοκίνητα ακινητοποιήθηκαν κάτω από τη γέφυρα του Σπύρου Λούη
⛈️Η καταιγίδα έπληξε αιφνιδιαστικά το λεκανοπέδιο με έντονη βροχόπτωση
Δρόμοι μετατράπηκαν σε χειμάρρους μέσα σε λίγα λεπτά#ingr #news #καιρος #weatherupdate pic.twitter.com/0spxGYKyD1— in.gr/news (@in_gr) January 21, 2026
Main roads were flooded, rivers and streams spilled over their banks, motorists were trapped in their cars surrounded by rushing waters, metro line 1 stations in Kallithea and Moschato were floodedand power outages occurred in some suburbs in the South of the city – Agios Dimitrios and Faliro – setting traffic lights out of operation adding the cherry on top of the chaotic c
Video: Kissisos river along the Athens-Lamia highway
Ο Κηφισός όσο πάει και φουσκώνει! #κακοκαιρια #καιρος pic.twitter.com/fWyD4C6B2q
— alani (@alanistolimani) January 21, 2026
So far…
The -meanwhile famous – lid of the water network at Alimos opened flooding a large part of Poseidonos Avenue along the Athens Riviera
🚨Ποτάμι με ακινητοποιημένα οχήματα η Ποσειδώνος
⛈️Η κακοκαιρία έπληξε με σφοδρότητα τα νότια προάστια
⛔Η λεωφόρος Ποσειδώνος μετατράπηκε σε ποτάμι
Ακινητοποιημένα οχήματα στο οδόστρωμα λόγω της έντονης βροχόπτωσης#ingr #news #καιρος #weatherupdate pic.twitter.com/4A6ZMS8izg— in.gr/news (@in_gr) January 21, 2026
SOS SOS SOS 🆘 ⛔️⛔️⛔️
⚠️ Δύσκολη η κατάσταση στην Άνω Γλυφάδα.
Παράκληση, όχι άσκοπες μετακινήσεις.
video πηγή Περσέας πεντελικού pic.twitter.com/5w7Fbw117L
— Forecast Weather Greece (@ForecastGreece) January 21, 2026
⛈️Στο έλεος της κακοκαιρίας η Άνω Γλυφάδα: Χείμαρρος παρασύρει αυτοκίνητα και κάδους – Απίστευτες εικόνες
‼️Σοβαρά προβλήματα στην άνω Γλυφάδα λόγω της κακοκαιρίας
⛔Στην οδό Μετσόβου τα νερά παρασύρουν οχήματα το ένα μετά το άλλο
🎥 Marianna Generali#ingr #news #καιρος pic.twitter.com/PnrnbNIaqb
— in.gr/news (@in_gr) January 21, 2026
Dozens calls to the Fire Service for Aid
In the Attica Region today, January 21, 2026 and as of 07:30 p.m., the Fire Department Operations Center received 370 calls and so far the following operations have been carried out:
210 water pumping,
49 tree felling,
68 people transported to safe places and
30 object removals
Power outages
Power outages have occurred in around 20 suburbs and districts of Athens as well as in Rafina and Nea Makri in south-eastern Attica.
Crews of the electricity distribution network DEDHE are trying to fix the problems.
The intense weather phenomena are forecast to weaken in the early morning hours of tomorrow, Thursday, January 22, 2026.
Schools of primary and secondary education will be open on Thursday.
PS And it came as expected since Greece started to send SOS messages to citizens per mobile urging them to stay at home when a disaster occurs. Authorities switch to automatic pilot expecting that people do not go to work. No maintenance whatsoever, no municipality crleans and unblocks sewage drainers. It needs a bit of rain, torrential or not to have flash floods.
Is it just coincidence that the same main avenues especially in the south suburbs and Piraeus Avenue get flooded? Certainly not.
