And it’s not just happening here. Recent studies have shown that dust storms are also on the rise in parts of central Asia and North Africa. In Europe, windblown dust from the Sahara often ...

the zone between the west coast of Africa and the eastern Caribbean where most long-track hurricanes form. The hot, dry air associated with an outbreak of dust from the Sahara desert is ...

We got a good lull during last year's hurricane thanks to a huge plume of Saharan dust coming from the western coast of Africa. The Saharan Air Layer (SAL), as dubbed by NOAA, consists of dust ...

April 14, 1935, dawned clear across the plains. After weeks of dust storms, one near the end of March destroying five million acres of wheat, people grateful to see the sun went outside to do ...

The weather is gradually changing, according to the updated forecast from the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (EMY), ...

a phenomenon that turns day into night and wreaks havoc everywhere from Northern China to sub-Saharan Africa. Sand and dust storms and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sand and dust storms ...

Hurricanes can gain a tremendous amount of power from warmer waters. Saharan dust can also play a role in storm formation. "Dust outbreaks from West Africa impact tropical cyclone activity by ...

The final factor that's dampening storms right now comes from Africa. A lot of Saharan dust is being kicked up by winds and carried across the Atlantic, according to NASA. This dust can suppress ...

By Yan Zhuang Amy Graff and Alexandra E. Petri Bone-dry winds tore across parts of Texas and New Mexico, kicking up dust storms and causing dangerous driving conditions, as forecasters said the ...