Athens turned orange as winds deposited sand from North Africa on the Greek capital.
Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as mud clouds blown throughout the Mediterranean Sea engulfed the Acropolis and different Athens landmarks.
Robust winds carried the mud from the Sahara Desert, giving the environment of the capital a Martian-like filter amid the final hours of daylight.
The skies had been predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and transfer the mud, with temperatures dipping.
On Tuesday, the every day excessive in elements of the southern island of Crete topped 30 levels Celsius (86 levels Fahrenheit), greater than 20C (36F) larger than temperatures registered throughout northern Greece.
The winds over latest days have additionally fanned unseasonal wildfires within the south.
The hearth service reported on Tuesday {that a} complete of 25 wildfires had damaged out throughout the nation previously 24 hours.
Three folks had been arrested on the Aegean Sea resort island of Paros on suspicion of by chance beginning a scrub blaze, it stated. No important harm or accidents had been reported, and the fireplace was shortly contained.
Greece suffers devastating, and infrequently lethal, forest blazes each summer time. Final 12 months, 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.
