Crete's Easter Storm: Dust, Tornado, and Red Sky

0:00On April 2nd, Crete's getting hammered by a thick Saharan dust storm mixed with fierce winds and a tornado that turned the sky blood-red orange. This hit right during Easter holidays, forcing flights from the UK to divert and grounding planes at Heraklian Airport. Visibility plunged to around 1,000 meters, way too low for safe landings. A British Airways flight from London got rerouted to Corfu, and an SKY Express one from Brussels headed to Athens instead. Locals and tourists are choking on the haze, with folks pulling out face masks like old COVID days to block the dust. Air qualities in the very poor zone, hitting vulnerable people hard. On the ground, that tornado flipped the truck, near Pacea Emo's, wrecked greenhouses, uprooted trees, and even toppled part of a factory wall. Huge waves crashed into Eropetra's old town, and in Chenilla, rain turned everything to mud. Dust levels spiked over 1,000 micrograms per keeping meter, but things might clear a bit later today.

1:01Forecasters warn another blast could roll in Thursday, so officials are telling everyone to stay indoors and skip the roads until it passes.