Sahara dust and extreme mist have covered the north part of the island of Crete, leading to cancellation of several flights on Saturday morning. “We have turned into London!” write local media stressing the rare weather phenomenon affects the northern parts of the island.
All airports have been facing problems with the exception of the airport of Kasteli by Heraklio as it is located on higher altitude, local cretapost notes.
Chania airport Saturday morning via giorgosnastos
The fog phenomenon is expected to continue affecting the areas also in the coming days.
Rodia: picture shot at 350m altitude, clouds up to 250m altitude via @billdam
The extreme fog comes to cover large parts of Crete a month after the island turned surreal for several days due to billions of Sahara dust particles moving over Crete.
Amazing shot from Sitia: when the fog clouds touched the sea via Meteokrites
The lighthouse at the port of Chania disappeared…. via zarpanews
This time the Sahara dust has reached up to Scandinavia.
stand: 3 pm Sat April 14 2018
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