The bad weather that hit the southern suburbs of Attica yesterday afternoon proved to be deadly, with a 56-year-old woman in Ano Glyfada losing her life after being swept away by the rushing rain waters.
It all happened shortly after 8 pm on Wednesday night when the 56-year-old, returning home from work, tried to cross the street vertically at the intersection of Kyrillou and Methodio and Konstantinou Paleologou streets.
The scene of the tragedy in Ano Glyfada
At that time, a torrential torrent was descending from the mountain towards Cyril and Methodius Street, resulting in the unfortunate woman being swept away, trapped under a car that was in the middle of the road, having been swept away earlier by the volume of water.
How the tragedies with the two deaths from the bad weather happened – "The woman could not be caught anywhere" says a resident of Glyfada
Her neighbors saw what happened, called for help, and a short time later the Firefighters rescued the 56-year-old, unfortunately unconscious.
Protothema covered the situation in Glyfada live – Watch the video with Marinos Aliferis:
A resident of the area, who was an eyewitness to the accident, describes to protothema.gr the dramatic seconds during which the unfortunate woman lost her life.
"It was after 9. She was going to cross the street, to go to her house. She was swept away by the stream. She got stuck under the car and we couldn't save her. We all got out but... She must have hit because the way the stream swept her away, she couldn't have caught anywhere. With so many stones. Only her little feet were visible under the car. What can I say? 56 years old. She has a family, a girl," says the resident of Ano Glyfada.
According to another neighbor of the 56-year-old, the unfortunate woman "was walking down the street and went to cross over. There was so much water coming down, the water wasn't high, but it was very fast. It picked her up and threw her down. She probably hit her head and fainted. But then the water covered her. She definitely drowned."
He says that the 56-year-old "was upside down, under the car. As if she had taken a dive, her head was wedged underneath. Only her legs were hanging out, we couldn't get her out."
Tragedy in Astros, Kynouria: 53-year-old port officer dies
A tragic accident occurred in Astros, Kynouria, where a 53-year-old coast guard, with the rank of ensign and serviceman in the Port Department of the region, lost his life in the line of duty. According to the Coast Guard - Hellenic Coast Guard, the coast guard was on foot patrol in the port together with the commander of the Department, when a strong wave swept him away during the mooring of boats, causing a serious head injury. He was pulled out unconscious and taken to the Health Center, where he was pronounced dead.
Watch video of the moment the wave "hits" him
The 8 areas in Attica that received the most water
According to Kostas Lagouvardos, the 8 highest rainfall totals across the country occurred in Attica.
At the top of the list is the Papagou area with 174 millimeters, followed by Nomismatokopio, Chalandri, Vyronas, Drosia, Ilioupoli, Marousi and Ampelokipi.
See the map showing the distribution of the 24th rain across the Greek territory on Wednesday based on measurements from 543 meteorological stations of the meteo.gr/National Observatory of Athens network.
Source: protothema.gr
