Hurricane forecasters on Wednesday were tracking a cloud of dust, which originated in the Sahara Desert in Africa, as it crossed the Atlantic. It appears as the hazy are in the middle of the image.

Thunderstorms in the Sahara region stir up dust and push it into the atmosphere. The dust is then transported across the Atlantic and deposited in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

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PEOPLE are only just discovering why “dirty rain” has left their cars covered in dust over the past few days. The unusual phenomenon is due to dust from the Sahara Desert falling down ...

NOAA says Saharan dust usually occupies a 2 to 2.5-mile-thick layer of the atmosphere. Holly said we haven’t seen much Saharan dust due to an area of high pressure in the mid-Atlantic.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A layer of Saharan dust is still making its trek across the Atlantic Ocean toward the United States this week. The dry and dusty air from the Sahara Desert often limits ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A layer of Saharan dust is still making its trek across the Atlantic Ocean toward the United States this week. The dry and dusty air from the Sahara Desert often limits ...

Tracking the Tropics Tracking the Tropics: Saharan dust limiting tropical development by: Amanda Holly Posted: Jun 15, 2022 / 12:06 PM CDT Updated: Jun 15, 2022 / 01:33 PM CDT ...