The plume of dust began to emerge off western Africa last weekend and has now traveled over 4,000 miles.
"The main impacts are a whitening of the sky during daylight hours, redder sunsets, and decreased air quality."
Nicknamed"Godzilla" for its unusually large size, the plume of dust began to emerge off western Africa last weekend and now has traveled over 4,000 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico, the Weather Channel said. AccuWeather hurricane expert Dan Kottlowski said that"this is probably the worst air quality caused by Saharan dust in recent memory."
Although some people may be more sensitive to the dust than others, University of Texas meteorology lecturer Troy Kimmel said there may be a silver lining because of the timing of the cloud’s arrival during the coronavirus pandemic: “The good news with that is we’re all wearing masks.”
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