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During the morning hours of 15 November 2017, after heavy rainfall caused because of the barometric low Eurydice and the Cyclone Numa, flooding occurred in Western Attica and mainly in Mandra, Nea Peramos, Magoula and Elefsina. The floods killed 24 people and caused severe damage. This is the third largest flood in…
The record
- Date
- November 15, 2017
- Kind
- Flood
- Where
- West Attica Regional Unit
- Country
- Greece
- Deaths
- 21
What happened
During the morning hours of 15 November 2017, after heavy rainfall caused because of the barometric low Eurydice and the Cyclone Numa, flooding occurred in Western Attica and mainly in Mandra, Nea Peramos, Magoula and Elefsina. The floods killed 24 people and caused severe damage. This is the third largest flood in Attica based on the number of dead.
Sources
Wikidata Q43849422 (CC0); text from Wikipedia, “2017 West Attica floods”, CC BY-SA 4.0.