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Offline Maik

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Saharan dust
« on: Saturday, 26 March, 2016 @ 00:31:18 »
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How Dust Travels Thousands of Miles, from the Africa to Greece and Italy
The Sahara will not be contained.

Greece just can’t seem to get a break. The country in the midst of an interminable economic crisis, and on the front lines of a tragic migration crisis, now has a new foe to overcome — a cloud of Saharan dust blown from across the Mediterranean.

The dust storm blew in on Wednesday and cast a haze over the country.
https://www.inverse.com/article/13291-how-dust-travels-thousands-of-miles-from-the-africa-to-greece-and-italy


Don't think it's that new, it was just the latest occurrence.
« Last Edit: Saturday, 26 March, 2016 @ 00:34:16 by Maik »

Offline TonyKath

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Re: Saharan dust
« Reply #1 on: Saturday, 26 March, 2016 @ 12:26:46 »
Has been known in NW Blighty occasionally!

Tony