Skies over Athens have turned an orange hue as clouds of mud have blown throughout the Mediterranean Sea from the Sahara desert.
Robust southerly winds carried the mud clouds from North Africa and engulfed the Acropolis and different landmarks in Greece’s capital on Tuesday.
Folks posted footage of the orange haze on X, previously Twitter, saying they’d witnessed the “weirdest sky”.
One individual in Athens posted footage of their windshield coated in sand.
One other branded the scene as “apocalyptic” as they posted footage of their environment on the social media platform.
The skies are predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and transfer the mud, with temperatures dipping.
Vacationers go to the Filopappou Hill with views of the Acropolis. Pic: Reuters
On Tuesday, the day by day excessive in components of the southern island of Crete topped 30C, greater than 20C increased than what was registered in a lot of northern Greece.
The sturdy southerly winds over the previous few days have additionally fanned unseasonal early wildfires within the nation’s south.
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The hearth service stated on Tuesday night {that a} complete of 25 wildfires had damaged out throughout the nation in 24 hours.
Three individuals had been arrested on the Aegean Sea resort island of Paros on suspicion of unintentionally beginning a scrub blaze on Monday, it added.
No important harm or accidents had been reported, and the fireplace was rapidly contained.
One other blaze that broke out on Crete close to a naval base was introduced underneath management.
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Greece suffers devastating, and infrequently lethal, forest blazes each summer season, and final yr the nation recorded the European Union’s largest wildfire in additional than twenty years.
Persistent drought mixed with excessive spring temperatures has raised fears of a very difficult interval for firefighters within the coming months