eKathimerini — Sudden and heavy rainfall in Thessaloniki and other parts of northern Greece caused major traffic disruption and other problems on Monday.
Due to the hours of rainfall, many regional roads were flooded, blocking motorists and leading to several road accidents though no injuries had been reported by late afternoon.
In Halkidiki, where similar weather conditions prevailed, the regional fire service was called dozens of times to pump out flooded ground-floor and basement apartments and businesses.
Heavy rain also fell in Chania from the early hours of Tuesday but there have been no reports of damage or disruption so far. Crete may have escaped the brunt of the summer storms relatively lightly. The weather is expected to improve across the county from Wednesday.
