Snow Surprised Crete

Many residents of Crete saw Sunday for the first time in their lives snow.

Greece has considerably affected by the wintry weather, with temperatures in the night from Saturday to Sunday in some places fell to 17 degrees below zero. In many places in the country's roads are impassable by the rainfall.

Snow In Greek Islands

In the northern part of the Aegean Sea, particularly the islands, the Sporades burden of heavy snowfall. On the island of Skopelos fell overnight more than half a meter. Lesbos, one of the largest Greek islands near the Turkish coast, succumbed dozens of tents in a large refugee camp where 5,000 people live under the snow.