Severe storms swept across Greece on Tuesday, killing at least two people and causing widespread disruption as violent winds and torrential rain battered the country.<\/p>\n
In the eastern Peloponnese town of Astros<\/span><\/span>, a coastguard officer died after being struck by a powerful wave while urging fishermen to leave the harbor amid dangerous sea conditions. Authorities said the officer was attempting to secure the area as winds intensified along the coast.<\/p>\n Hours later, a woman was killed in Glyfada<\/span><\/span> when floodwaters swept her car off the road. Emergency services said the vehicle was pushed by fast-rising water during heavy rainfall in the southern suburb of Athens<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n Meteorologists reported wind speeds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour in some areas, grounding ferries nationwide and forcing the closure of schools in Athens as well as parts of western and southern Greece. In the capital, parts of the city received rainfall equivalent to six weeks\u2019 worth in a single day, overwhelming drainage systems and flooding major roads.<\/p>\n Authorities urged residents to avoid non-essential travel as emergency crews worked through the night to clear debris, pump floodwater and assess damage. Power outages and transport delays were reported in several regions.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis<\/span><\/span> postponed an overseas trip to oversee the response, as civil protection teams remained on high alert for further severe weather.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Severe storms swept across Greece on Tuesday, killing at least two people and causing widespread disruption as violent winds and torrential rain battered the country. In the eastern Peloponnese town of Astros, a coastguard officer died after being struck by a powerful wave while urging fishermen to leave the harbor amid dangerous sea conditions. Authorities<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_1160854738579181570_1160854738579181570":"","facebook_3558452337540614_100649324928663":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,27],"tags":[883,2782,2658,2128,2584,1261,2787],"class_list":{"0":"post-15041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-climate","8":"category-europe","9":"tag-athens","10":"tag-climate-impact","11":"tag-extreme-weather","12":"tag-floods","13":"tag-greece","14":"tag-public-safety","15":"tag-storms"},"yoast_head":"\n