Flooded streets as heavy rains hit Greece's Athens

Schools in Athens, Greece were shut on Friday as a storm front lashed the Greek capital and other parts of the country, flooding roads and disrupting transport. Fire department unionist said the hardest-hit zone, the western side of the greater Athens area, had received "tonnes" of rainwater that blocked roads with debris.

The storm forced the temporary closure of the motorway to the city of Corinth. Army machinery was brought in to clear the roads. The strongest part of the storm hit on Thursday.A total of 245 millimetres of rain was recorded between Thursday and Friday west of Athens.