2024-04-25 13:06:20
This has resulted in increased air pollution which adversely affects people with respiratory problems. They were asked to stay indoors.
Officials said that on Tuesday, the concentration of Saharan dust in the southern part of Greece was the highest since 2018, according to the BBC. On Wednesday morning, the dust made it impossible to see the Acropolis from the city. Its cloud had even reached the city of Thessaloniki in the northern region of the country.
However, meteorologists reassured that the change in wind direction in the coming days could clear the sky, moving dust and reducing the air temperature, which exceeded 30 degrees on the island of Crete in the southern region of the country on Tuesday. It was 20 degrees more than in the north of the country. The strong southerly winds also contributed to the spread of wildfires in the south of the country, which started earlier this year than in other years. Firefighters reported on Tuesday that 25 wild fires broke out in the country during the day.
Similarly, Saharan dust clouds had already reached Greece in March and April this year, when they were also detected in Switzerland and Southern France, and, as Latvian meteorologists claimed, in Latvia as well.
2024-04-25 13:06:20