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Konstantinos (Kostas) Lagouvardos

Konstantinos (Kostas) Lagouvardos

Research Director, National Observatory of Athens

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"About 40 percent of the rain that falls annually in Athens" fell in a single day—an extreme weather phenomenon.

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Athens gets 40% of its annual rainfall in one day—two dead

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Active expert on Greek weather systems

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