A pedestrian in central Athens runs for cover…

A pedestrian in central Athens runs for cover during yesterday’s midday cloudburst that turned many of the capital’s streets into raging torrents and caused brief power cuts in parts of the city. Firemen were summoned in several instances to pump floodwaters out of basement flats and shops.

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