Orange skies over Crete as Storm Erminio sweeps Saharan sand across Greek island – in pictures
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Source: Guardian Australia
Published: 2026-04-03 03:01 UTC+10:00
Section: Greece
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Natural Disasters, World News
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View image in fullscreenThe port of Ierapetra during a dust storm on the Greek island of Crete on WednesdayPhotograph: Eleftherios Elis/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenTaking a walk along the port of Ierapetra as the sky turns orangePhotograph: Eleftherios Elis/AFP/Getty ImagesShareView image in fullscreenThe city of Heraklion in Crete is covered in red dust coming from the SaharaPhotograph: Nikos Chalkiadakis/EPAShareView image in fullscreenSkies turned an eerie orange on Wednesday as winds of up to force 9 on the Beaufort scale carried
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