Storm Erminio: Mediterranean Chaos

0:00On April 3rd, Stormermenio is tearing through the Mediterranean, hauling massive Saharan dust from northern Africa, right over Cyprus and Crete. Authorities there are telling folks to stay inside because the air is loaded with particles, hitting 36 times the safe EU limit in some spots. It's turning skies weird colors and making everything hazy, even around the British base in Cyprus. Earlier this week, the dust-blanketed Crete first, forcing Easter flights to reroute amid zero visibility. British airways from London went to Kourfu, and a SKY express from Brussels hit Athens instead. Ground chaos hit two, with a tornado flipping a truck and wrecking greenhouses near Pachia Amos. Health officials are pushing masks or wet cloths if you got to go out, and no exercise or outdoor fun. Locals are hunkered down, dealing with this once in ten years extreme event as one forecaster put it. The storm's ripple effects stretch wider heavy rain and wind sparked a man's death in Greece where he got swept under a car and neomocry floods.

1:03Fire crews handled nearly 500 calls around Athens. Meanwhile, Italy saw landslide stranding families, a bridge collapse in Montenarro de Biasaccia, and mudslides blocking roads. As our menial keeps pushing east, expect more warnings and disruptions across the region.