{"id":230340,"date":"2026-04-04T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=230340"},"modified":"2026-04-04T14:39:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:39:21","slug":"the-greek-island-of-crete-looked-like-planet-mars-after-a-violent-storm-everything-was-red-in-a-rare-weather-phenomenon-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/the-greek-island-of-crete-looked-like-planet-mars-after-a-violent-storm-everything-was-red-in-a-rare-weather-phenomenon-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Greek island of Crete looked like Planet Mars after a violent storm: everything was red, in a rare weather phenomenon &#8211; VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful dust storm from Sahara and a tornado caused transport chaos on the Greek island of Crete, the country&#8217;s largest and one of Greece&#8217;s top tourist destinations. Visibility dropped to 1,000 meters, forcing planes to change their routes, the <em>Daily Mail<\/em> reports. Pollution levels were extremely high, with people advised to take shelter from the thick dust.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-230290\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/230282_1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/230282_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/230282_1.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-230344\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Images as if from the Planet Mars<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Greek island of Crete was engulfed in a suffocating Saharan dust storm as strong winds swept through the region, forcing flights to be diverted and painting the sky an eerie red-orange hue resembling an environment on the planet Mars.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Red sky now not only in Australia: Powerful sandstorm hits the Greek island of Crete. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uthsHsLqJX\">pic.twitter.com\/uthsHsLqJX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NEXTA (@nexta_tv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nexta_tv\/status\/2039412658194026513?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Strong tornado on the ground<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dramatic scenes were also reported on the ground, where a powerful tornado overturned a truck in the coastal area of Pachia Ammos, which was preparing to load agricultural exports. The inclement weather also uprooted trees, damaged greenhouses and caused part of a wall at a ceramics factory to collapse.<\/p>\n<p>In Ierapetra, huge waves crashed against the first houses along the old town as strong winds from the south worsened dangerous coastal conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The air became suffocating, with extremely high concentrations of dust particles, forming dangerous conditions, especially for vulnerable residents.<\/p>\n<p>According to regional monitoring stations, air quality indicators have reached the \u201c<em>very poor<\/em>\u201d category, with particle pollution significantly exceeding safety limits.<\/p>\n<p>Meteorologists say dust levels have risen to over 1000 micrograms per cubic meter, which is an extremely high concentration.<\/p>\n<p>However, meteorologists warn that another wave of Saharan dust could hit the island in the following days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>yogaesoteric<br \/>\nApril 4, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful dust storm from Sahara and a tornado caused transport chaos on the Greek island of Crete, the country&#8217;s largest and one of Greece&#8217;s top tourist destinations. Visibility dropped to 1,000 meters, forcing planes to change their routes, the Daily Mail reports. Pollution levels were extremely high, with people advised to take shelter from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[385],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-1602-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230348,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230340\/revisions\/230348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}