Saharan dust Thick plume of Saharan dust blowing from the west coast of Africa into the Atlantic as captured on May 7, 2025, from the European Space Agency’s low-earth orbiting Sentinel-3 satellite.

FILE: A man and his son are silhouetted against the sky as they watch the sunset from a park in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, June 26, 2020. Sunsets and sunrises are more vibrant than usual lately due to ...

Every so often, storms in the Sahara Desert send dust across the Atlantic. Suddenly, orange skies and stale, dusty winds can blanket streets with fine sand. But did you know that Saharan dust still ...

The blast of North African heat enveloping parts of Europe this week will bring powerful thunderstorms and Saharan sand in its wake. Amber storm alerts have been issued for Castile and Leon in Spain, ...

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A large plume of Saharan dust, approximately 2,000 miles wide, is moving towards Southwest Florida and is expected to arrive this week. The dust, while not uncommon for this time of year, is a larger ...

A large plume of Saharan dust, approximately 2,000 miles wide, is moving towards Southwest Florida and is expected to arrive as early as Wednesday, June 3. The dust, while not uncommon for this time ...

A giant cloud of Saharan dust the size of the continental United States floating over the Atlantic Ocean was expected to spread across the Gulf Coast region this week. By the time the thick plume ...