Skies over southern Greece turn orange as winds blow dust across from North Africa

(23 Apr 2024)
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Athens - 23 April 2024
1. Various of Acropolis surrounded by clouds of dust, people walking
2. Various of Athens
3. Top shot of Athens from Likavitou Hill, people walking wearing masks, looking at town wrapped in dust clouds
STORYLINE:
The Acropolis and other Athens landmarks took on Martian hues on Tuesday as stifling dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa engulfed the Greek capital.
Strong southerly winds carried the orangey-brown dust from the Sahara region over much of southern and central Greece, imposing a carroty filter over Athens particularly in the last hours of daylight.
A shift in winds forecast for Wednesday is expected to start clearing Greek skies and bring a dip in temperatures, which in parts of the southern island of Crete Tuesday exceeded 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit). That's more than 20 degrees Celsius higher than was registered in much of northern Greece.
The strong southerly winds over the past few days also fanned unseasonally early wildfires in southern Greece. The fire service said Tuesday evening that a total 25 wildfires broke out across the country over the previous 24 hours.
Greece suffers devastating, and often deadly, forest blazes every summer, and last year the country recorded the European Union's largest wildfire in more than two decades.
Persistent drought combined with high spring temperatures has raised fears of a particularly challenging period for firefighters in coming months.
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[@iguanawomanclaudiahodari3579]

First and a first time heard about orange dust skies

[@ingridarvidsson7597]

It is not new, not the first time.

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Zeus must be angry 😂