INT: Incredible Brazil Tornado, Snow in Athens

South American weather service Metsul (blog in Portugese) reports that a rare large tornado struck the coastal city of Tubarão in Brazil, and they send these photos (and one video) by Valdir Zaccaron:

Below is a radar image showing the hook echo on the storm.

Across the world in Athens Greece, a couple rare inches of snow fell Sunday morning. The Canadian Press says:

- Between 10 and 15 centimetres of snow blanketed the centre of Athens, an unusual occurrence in Greece

- The Mediterranean resort of Antalya had its first snow in 15 years

- Snow was 1.5 metres high in the province of Van in eastern Turkey

- In Istanbul, snow was 22 centimetres deep

These photos are from AccuWeather.com Photo Gallery user Bilsot:

Here is a related Associated Press Photo:

Athenian Snow - Feb. 18, 2008 - Snow covers a tree in central Athens with the Parthenon on the Acropolis seen in the background, early Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. A winter storm left Greece blanketed in snow overnight, cutting access to villages and disrupting travel across the country. Temperatures were forecast to plunge to minus 11 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of northern Greece. (AP Photo/ Petros Giannakouris)