Ministry for Climate Crisis and Civil Protection

Built World

Primary agency for disaster response

A coastguard officer died trying to warn fishermen of incoming waves. Hours later, a woman was swept under a car by floodwaters in an Athens suburb. The January 22 storm dumped 170mm of rain on the Greek capital—about 40% of its annual total—in a single day, turning streets into rivers and overwhelming drainage systems that critics have called inadequate for decades.

Updated Jan 25