'Godzilla dust cloud' from Sahara blankets Caribbean on its way to US

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'Godzilla dust cloud' from Sahara blankets Caribbean on its way to US
Air quality sinks to hazardous levels as biggest cloud seen in a generation swamps region after transatlantic journey


A vast cloud of Sahara dust is blanketing the Caribbean as it heads to the US with a size and concentration that experts say hasn’t been seen in half a century.

Air quality across most of the region reached record “hazardous” levels and experts who nicknamed the event the “Godzilla dust cloud” warned people to stay indoors and use air filters if they had them.

“This is the most significant event in the past 50 years,” said Pablo Méndez Lázaro, an environmental health specialist at the University of Puerto Rico. “Conditions are dangerous in many Caribbean islands.”

Many health specialists were concerned about those battling respiratory symptoms tied to the coronavirus pandemic. Lázaro, who is working with Nasa to develop an alert system for the arrival of Sahara dust, said the concentration was so high in recent days that it could even have adverse effects on healthy people. .............(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/godzilla-dust-cloud-from-sahara-blankets-caribbean-on-its-way-to-us

[Dream Girl]

1. Sounds about right.

[Lochloosa]

3. All we need now is a Super Volcano eruption.

[Newest Reality]

2. Wow,

All I need is frogs raining down from the sky and rivers turning blood red on my Apocalypse Bingo card!

[Dream Girl]

4. Lol

[GusBob]

5. What a click-bait name.

Really, did they have to call it that? You would think so-called experts would know better

[Baclava]

6. Thanks God! 'Dust from the Sahara Desert is putting a pause on hurricane activity'

A massive dust storm that’s been moving west from central Africa is creating a pocket of dry air.

That dry air is slowing down tropical activity as it passes through the Atlantic Ocean, and it could last for the next couple of weeks.

“One unique aspect of the dust will be our sunsets being incredibly vivid,” Davis said. “Saharan dust is orange and red, so as the sun sets through the haze you’ll get bright, brilliant sunsets.”

https://www.tampabay.com/weather/2020/06/18/dust-from-the-sahara-desert-is-putting-a-pause-on-hurricane-activity/