Snow Surprised Crete

athens - Many residents of Crete saw Sunday for the first time in their lives snow. It had been snowing for the last forty years ago. The wider area of ​​the port town of Rethymnon on the southern Greek island had long once winter white.

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.

Τόσο χιόνι μες το Ηράκλειο παίζει να χουμε να δούμε απ το '82 #snow #crete pic.twitter.com/tMXqrmK2nS

— Dimitris Agelakis (@DimAgelakis) January 8, 2017

Sunday morning and everything are white from the snow. Καλημέρα pic.twitter.com/eWvSpyqDvT— Taxi2crete.gr (@taxi2crete) January 8, 2017

Snow report from Heraklion - Crete ! Once every 10 years ... #snow #heraklion #crete #winter #Αριαδνη pic.twitter.com/AfAUVTDTPB— Tassos Christakakis (@tchristakakis1) January 8, 2017

And yes it snows in Crete... absolutely incredible! #snow❄️ #rethymno #kriti #winterfun #beach #january #2017❤️ #tropicalsnow #greece pic.twitter.com/OMu0uOgU2o— royalblueluxuryevent (@royalblueevent) January 8, 2017