Huge Sahara dust cloud smothers the Caribbean en route to the U.S. (www.cbc.ca)
from HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 02 Jun 18:14
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A massive cloud of dust from the Sahara Desert blanketed most of the Caribbean on Monday in the biggest event of its kind this year as it heads toward the United States.

The cloud extended some 3,200 kilometres from Jamaica to well past Barbados in the eastern Caribbean, and some 1,200 kilometres from the Turks and Caicos Islands in the northern Caribbean down south to Trinidad and Tobago.

“It’s very impressive,” said Alex DaSilva, lead hurricane expert with AccuWeather.

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