This hurricane season in the Atlantic is shaping up to be a busy one after two relatively quiet years. Scientists at the cutting edge of hurricane research say one reason we're seeing more storms this ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Right now, Florida is under a dense blob of Saharan dust, making for hazy skies and itchy throats. This dust – and the associated dry air in the cloud layer – pretty much shut ...

Current aerosols in the Saharan Air Layer are thickest in the white with finer concentrations in red and orange. A substantial influx of African dust is expected to reach Florida this weekend, ...

The first plume of Saharan dust made its way to Florida earlier this week, bringing beautiful sunrises and sunsets across much of the southeast. Now, as we head through the upcoming weekend and into ...

REMEMBER WHEN A TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE IS APPROACHING: Taping windows is *not* recommended & will not keep glass from breaking. Instead close curtains & blinds ...

Deep in the Sahara Desert, the sun heats the sand, and the air above it rises. The rising air carries dust — orange dust from Mauritania and Mali, white dust from an ancient lake in Chad. Clouds of ...

Courtesy, NOAA This NASA graphic from June 28 shows dust from the Saharan Desert making its way west from the country of Chad in central Africa. NASA Earth Observatory "The dust is the marker of the ...

Saharan dust turned the skies of Athens orange on Tuesday, as strong southerly winds carried clouds of desert sand across the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa. The strong winds have also kindled ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of sand and dust particles are lifted from North African deserts each year and carried across the Atlantic Ocean. So much dust is kicked up that the microscopic particles ...