Sahara dust cloud smothers Germany, France and Switzerland

Submitted ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨globalnews@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.dw.com/en/sahara-dust-cloud-smothers-germany-france-and-switzerland/a-68705280

Residents of some cities had a dusty start to the weekend after an unusually high level of particulates arrived from the Sahara. Forecasters in Germany expect the dust to be visible through Easter.

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UNY0N@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Just some background info for those not familiar with this Sahara-Dust phenomenon:

This happens all the time, and has for a long time. It is just a byproduct of being so close to this monster of a desert.

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- BastingChemina@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Même dans les Caraïbes ça arrive fréquemment malgré les 6000km de distance.
  
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- el_abuelo@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I can always tell when it’s happening, not by any visual phenomena but because my car gets covered in this dusty dirt. I live in England.
  
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walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Bet the sunsets will be nice though, yes?

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- theodewere@kbin.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  looks like it's just hazy
  
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  - bob_lemon@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Like the filmmaker accidentally turned on the Mexico filter.
    
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D61@hexbear.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
So how will NATO respond to this?

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model_tar_gz@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Looks like SoCal fire season. Welcome to the haze.

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shreddingitlater@hexbear.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The Sahara dust cloud shouldn’t have stopped at Berlin

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