NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Saharan dust can help suppress hurricane formation. However, it can also pose health risks, particularly for individuals with respiratory conditions. The National Oceanic and ...
The first large plume of Saharan dust is set to arrive in Florida. These tiny particles travel thousands of miles through the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), which is located between half and 3.5 miles from ...
LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A mix of Saharan Dust blown across the Atlantic by the trade winds and smoke from wildfires in Canada is leading to lower air quality across much of the eastern part of the ...
Saharan dust has begun to sweep throughout Florida, leaving behind hazy sunrises and sunsets. The dust plume is about 2,000 miles wide from west to east and 750 miles long from north to south, wrote ...
Saharan dust is drifting across the southeastern U.S. and entered the Texas Gulf Coast early Thursday. Fortunately for Texas, the heaviest concentrations remain farther east — along the Gulf Coast ...
The first large plume of Saharan dust is set to arrive in Florida. These tiny particles travel thousands of miles through the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), which is located between half and 3.5 miles from ...
Every year around this time, the Sahara Desert in Africa experiences peak emissions that sends dust particles across the Atlantic Ocean, causing air quality changes in East Texas. Here's what we know ...
On average, a new plume or layer arrives in the Western Hemisphere about once a week or every other week, but their density can significantly vary. The Saharan Desert lifts dust from spring to fall, ...
A massive cloud of Saharan dust has developed, stretching across nearly the entire Atlantic Basin from the Cape Verde Islands off of the coast of Senegal in West Africa, all the way to the eastern ...