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Two dead as rainstorm pound Greece
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on January 21, 2026
1 min read
Last updated: January 21, 2026
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Impact of the Rainstorm in Greece
ATHENS, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Two people died on Wednesday in Greece after torrential rain flooded homes and businesses in Athens and other parts of the country, authorities said.
Fatalities and Incidents
A woman died after being hit by a car that was carried away in flash floods in the southern Athens suburb of Glyfada, a fire brigade official told Reuters.
Emergency Response Efforts
Earlier on Wednesday, a cost guard officer was washed away by the rough sea in a port in Peloponnese, southern Greece.
“Ηe fell into the sea while he was trying tie up a small boat in the harbour,” said a coast guard official.
The fire brigade has received hundreds of calls to pump water out of flooded buildings in Athens. The rainstorm was expected to move to the eastern part of the country on Thursday.
(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Alistair Bell)