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At a time of year when dust storm activity winds down, a plume of dust blanketed parts of the West…
Strong winds in March 2026 carried Saharan dust across northwestern Africa and toward the Canary Islands, reducing visibility and prompting…
An advancing cold front kicked up a sharp line of sand and other small particles that swept over the high…
Clouds of dust lofted from the Sahara Desert brought hazy skies and muddy rain to Western Europe.
Dry, gusty conditions spurred fast-growing fires in Oklahoma and Kansas, along with dangerous dust storms across the region.
Satellites have observed episodes of dust swirling across the basin in western China for decades.
Skies turned orange across the city of Ica as winds, locally known as Paracas winds, lofted dust from the coastal…
Now a flat and dusty desert playa, Oregon’s Alvord Desert once held an expansive lake that was the source of…
Owens Lake, an arid playa tucked between the Inyo Mountains and the Sierra Nevada in California, is the site of…
